Griselda Álvarez was the first female governor in Mexico.
Background
She was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, capital of Colima"s northern neighbor, where her family lived after the most violent eruption in modern history of the Volcano of Fire in Colima. She was born into one of the most important families in Colima. Her father at the time of her birth was a soldier in the Army, but later was governor of Colima from 1919 until 1923.
Education
Griselda Álvarez studied at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) and received her degree in writing and composition.
Career
Álvarez was Governor of the state of Colima from 1979 to 1985. The eruption began January 20, 1913 and continued for four days. Her parents were Miguel Álvarez García and María Dolores Guadalupe Eugenia Ponce de León.
Her great-grandfather, General Manuel Álvarez, a delegate in the Constitutional Congress, was designated the highest political figure in the territory of Colima in 1826.
In 1857 when Colima became a state, he became its first governor. She died in Mexico City, aged 95.
She then began her work as a poet and writer Cementerio de Pájaros 1956
Dos cantos 1959
Desierta compañía 1961
Letanía erótica para la paz 1963
Louisiana sombra niña 1965
Anatomía superficial 1967
Estación sin nombre 1972
While she did not abandon her work as a teacher, she took a post in the public sector working under the secretary of education, and moved into the realm of social work eventually becoming the director of volunteer services in the federal social security institute.
Álvarez left to serve as Senator from the state of Jalisco from 1976 to 1979, then as Governor of Colima from 1979 to 1985, making her the first female governor of Mexico.
Her goal as governor was "educar para progresar" (Educate for progress) While she worked hard for progress as governor, her work did not end there. She went on to found various organizations such as the Center of Attention to Women, The Mexican Women"s Alliance, and The Mexican Association of Social Wellbeing.
Politics
She also served her political party, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, as a member of the Caucus on National Ideology in 1978 and 1994 and the National Commission of Honor and Justice of the National Executive Committee in 1994 as well as various other committees and consult groups.