Editing Mexican Revolution (section)

===Role of women===
[[File:Museo Nacional de la Revolución - Adelita.jpg|thumb|upright|[[La Adelita|Adelita]] in the [[Historical Museum of the Mexican Revolution]]]]

The role of women in the Mexican Revolution has not been an important aspect of official historical memory, although the situation is changing. Carranza pushed for the rights of women, and gained women's support. During his presidency he relied on his personal secretary and close aide, [[Hermila Galindo|Hermila Galindo de Topete]], to rally and secure support for him. Through her efforts he was able to gain the support of women, workers and peasants. Carranza rewarded her efforts by lobbying for women's equality. He helped change and reform the legal status of women in Mexico.<ref>Mirande, Alfredo; Enriquez, Evangelina. ''La Chicana: The Mexican-American Woman''. United States: [[University of Chicago Press]], 1981, pp. 217–219. {{ISBN|978-0-226-53160-1}}.</ref> In the [[Historical Museum of the Mexican Revolution]], there is a recreation of [[La Adelita|Adelita]], the idealized female revolutionary combatant or ''[[soldadera]]''. The typical image of a ''soldadera'' is of a woman with braids, wearing female attire, with ammunition belts across her chest. There were a few revolutionary women, known as ''coronelas'', who commanded troops, some of whom dressed and identified as male; they do not fit the stereotypical image of ''soldadera'' and are not celebrated in historical memory at present.<ref>Cano, Gabriela. "''Soldaderas'' and ''Coronelas''" in ''[[Encyclopedia of Mexico]]'', vol. 1, pp. 1357–1360. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn 1997.</ref>