Women

TheMexicanwomensstatusinsocietyalteredduringtheMexicanRevolution.
Before the revolution, women wereexpectedtosimplybeanextensionoftheir
husbands: a shadow almost. Women often took ituponthemselvestoperform
the tasks of cooking, cleaning, raising the children, and other stereotypical
motherlyresponsibilities.
An effect of the Mexican Revolution was that as more women began to join the war,
menbegantodevelopmorerespectfortheMexicanwomen.
Mostly notably, the efforts of the Soldaderas and Intellectuals contributed
greatly as they not only helped frame the Mexican Revolutionbutalsocaused
theMexicanmentobemoreopenmindedofwomensrightsinsociety.

Arts

AftertheRevolutioncontractedartiststodoapaintingaboutthelifeofthemexican
people.Thegovernmentcommissionsgaveeachartistcompletefreedomof
interpretation.Itcouldbesaidtheyweretryingtohelpimprovetheculturalstruggle.
ThisledtotheMuralistmovementleadbyDiegoRivera,JosOrozcoand
DavidSiqueiros,whowerecommissionedtopaintrevolutionaryfrescoson
thewallsofministriesandpublicbuildingsdepictingrevolutionaryand
indigenousthemesorimagesofthesocialandpoliticalsituationof
postrevolutionaryMexico
Aneffectoftherevolutionwasthatasartistswereinspiredbytherevolution,they
rejectedMexicanrealism(seenasareflectionofpositivismunderDiaz)andanyother
formofartwhichtheyfelttobeultraintellectual.
Inanattempttomakeartcommunalpropertyandaccessibletothepublicthey
changedthecanvasformuralspaintedonthewallsofMexicosbuildings.
Makingartpublicpropertycausedittohaveaninfluenceonthepeopleand
makebridgesbetweensociety.
MexicanRevolutionhaditscounterpartinart.
NationalismasavalueoftheMexicanRevolutionwaspresentinthe
revolutionaryartbyashifttomorenativeandIndianthemesinfluencedby
MayanandAztecart.FridaKahlosuseofmanynativeMexicanelements
showsaninfluencerootedinthetraditionofMexicanreligiousfolkculture.
AnothereffectoftheMexicanRevolutionwasthatitinfluencedwritersaswellwho
madethebackdropoftheirstoriesaboutrevolutionaryviolence,passionandchange.
Manytimestheartsglorifiedtherevolutionbutitwasdoneasawaytofindtheidentity
ofthenation.
ResurgenceinArtandprideinMexicancultureerupted1920s
Thiswasaneffortatnationalismanandcreatingcommunityafterthewar


Education

AftertheRevolutionendedthecountrywasalmostnothingandtheyhadlostpeoplein
thewar.AlvaroObregoninitiatedacampaignforliteracytobuildthecountrybackup.
ThecampaignsweremainlyledbyJoseVasconcelos.
MexicospubliceducationsystemisaproductoftheMexicanRevolution.
ItwasinfluencedbytheConstitutionandtheirideasontherightsofthepeople.
Thepublicschoolswereseenasplaceswherechildrencouldbetaught
revolutionaryconceptsandthestruggleoftheclasses.
Vasconcelosincludedartsineducationbecauseartswasabletoeducatethepublic
onreformsoftheRevolution.
DuetotheMexicanRevolutionmainlytheConstitutioneducationwastobesecular
andfreeattheprimarylevelunderArticle3.

Music

DuetotheMexicanRevolutionanewstyleofmusicwascreated.
ThemusicafterRevolutionaryMexicowereballadscalledcorridos.These
balladstoldstoriesaboutimportanteventsandtalkedoftheleadersofthe
Revolution.
TheMexicanRevolutioncausedpeopletogobacktotheirroots.Musicthemesand
suchwereevendrawnbackfromtheindigenoustimes.Themethodofdrawingmusic
backfromtherootsofMexicowasusedtoimprovenationalism.