All the Presidents Women: The Wives of General Antonio López de Santa Anna in 19th Century Mexico

The objective of this article is to contribute towards a fuller critical understanding of gender relations/politics in mid-19th-century Spanish America. Its aim is to provide an account of the relationship Mexican President General Antonio López de Santa Anna established with his two wives. This stu...

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Published in:	Feminist review 2005, Vol.79 (79), p.52-68
Main Author:	Fowler, Will
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	19th century Children Exile Feminism Gender differences Gender relations Gender studies Haciendas Heads of state Husbands Language history Latin American history López de Santa Anna, Antonio Manga Marital interaction Marital Relations Marriage Masculinity Mexico Nineteenth Century Opposite Sex Relations Politics Presidents Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de (1795?-1876) Sex Role Attitudes Sex roles Sex Stereotypes Spanish Spouses Stereotypes War Weddings Wives Women Womens Roles
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Summary:	The objective of this article is to contribute towards a fuller critical understanding of gender relations/politics in mid-19th-century Spanish America. Its aim is to provide an account of the relationship Mexican President General Antonio López de Santa Anna established with his two wives. This study is particularly concerned with the representative value of Santa Anna's case in terms of 19th-century gender relations and the macho stereotype of the caudillo. Do Santa Anna's marital and extra-marital relationships confirm or question traditional views on the position of women in Spanish America following the achievement of Independence? Do they conform with the 'rock-star' lifestyle generally attributed to the early 19th-century caudillo? A key aim of this study is to test the extent to which the relatively recent claim that women were more independent and influential than had been previously noted is borne out by case-studies of the women who shared their lives with the promiscuous six-times president Santa Anna.
ISSN:	0141-7789 1466-4380