Margarita García Flores (

Monterrey, Nuevo León Monterrey (, , abbreviated as MtY) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. Located at the foothills of th ...

, 4 July 1922 –

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, 10 September 2009) was a Mexican lawyer, activist, writer and politician; she was also involved in women's suffrage. García cofounded ''Fem'' magazine with Alaíde Foppa in 1976; it was the first

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n feminist magazine. She served as director of ''Universitarios'' and '' Prensa'', as well as the publications of

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. García was also a delegate from

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(1976–80), deputy for III Distrito Electoral Federal de Nuevo León (1973–76), and a deputy for Distrito IV de Nuevo León (1955–58).

Selected works

*''Estudio sobre la situación social, económica y jurídica de la mujer que trabaja en México'', 1945 *''La seguridad social y el bienestar humano'', 1965 *''La igualdad jurídica'', 1975 *''La política en México vista por seis mujeres'', coauthored, 1982 *''Fray Servando y el federalismo mexicano'', 1982 *''La igualdad jurídica'', 1985 *''La seguridad social y la población marginada en México'', 1989

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