Training Loving Hands: Women's Vocational Education in 19205 Mexico City

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During the 19 20s, the revol utionary governments responded to demands for educational expansiono The federal Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP) founded new primary schools. embarked upon a nation-wide campa:gn against il!iteracy and opened public libraries in rural afeas, union meeting halls and prisolis. For José Vasconcelos, Minister af Public Education 1921-1924, te<:h nical educat ion was the means to create the generations of ski11ed workers Mexlco needed .1 From MexICo Clty's technical schools emerged the construction workers who would re-build Mexico2 and the electricians who would light the cities.