TY - JOUR AU - Bazant, Milada PY - 2014/04/14 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A muse of the modernity: Laura Mendez de Cuenca (1853-1928) JF - Revista Historia de la Educación Latinoamericana JA - Rev. hist.edu.latinoam VL - 15 IS - 21 SE - ARTICULOS DO - 10.19053/01227238.2463 UR - https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/historia_educacion_latinamerican/article/view/2463 SP - 19-50 AB - This paper discusses the biographical, literary and educational career of one of the first feminist in México, Laura Méndez de Cuenca. A liberal and modern woman, single mother, she dared to transgress the social catholic rules of her time and she lived a free life but paying a high price for that freedom. Her legacy is a 2000 pages treatise on education and literary compendium of all genres. ER -