Fidelia Brindis Camacho (22 November 1889 – 26 July 1972) was a Mexican teacher, journalist, suffragist, women's rights activist and politician.
Biography.
Brindis Camacho was born on 22 November 1889 in Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, Chiapas, Mexico. She was educated at the Tuxtla Gutiérrez Teacher Training College.
She moved to live and work in Mexico City, where she worked as a teacher for 43 years. During this time, she campaigned for the movements to create teachers' insurance and the Civil Pensions Directorate.
As an activist, Brindis Camacho also participated in the Assembly of the United Front for the Defence of Women's Interests. She campaigned for women's suffrage in the state of Chiapas. She was a delegate to the Convention of the Pan-American League for the Advancement of Women.
Alongside teaching and activism, Brindis Camacho was the first woman to become a journalist in Mexico. On 18 July 1919, Brindis Camacho also founded and became the editor of the first Mexican feminist newspaper, "El" "Altruista". She was imprisoned for distributing a speech by Belisario Domínguez.
Brindis Camacho became the first female councillor in the municipality of Ocozocoautla de Espinosa in 1969.
Death and legacy.
Brindis Camacho died on 26 July 1972.
A preschool in Palenque, Chiapas, is named in her honour.