Analysis and Summary of An Agrarian Encounter by Rosalie Evans and Women and War in Mexico by Frances Calderón de la Barca

Yihe Shen
Prof. Sal
History 3968
Oct 8th 2020
Analysis and Summary of An Agrarian Encounter by Rosalie Evans and Women and War in Mexico by Frances Calderón de la Barca
“An Agrarian Encounter” by Rosalie Evans, “Women, and War in Mexico” by Frances Calderón de la Barca explore gender and women's position in the early Mexican society. “An Agrarian Encounter” is a letter that Rosalie Evans wrote to her sister explaining how the minister wanted to snatch her property. It discusses her encounter with an oppressive government bureaucracy during the revolution era in Mexico. The government seized property from people, but Rosalie was stubborn enough not to give in to the system's demand. She knows her rights in the constitution. Still, Minister Villarreal's messengers tell her that they have an oral order than commands her to surrender her property. She held on to her right, and in the end, she emerged victorious because her resistance was strong enough to rebel against the soldiers the minister sent. On the other hand, Frances Calderón de la Barca wrote “Women and War in Mexico," a letter highlighting women's position in Mexico up to the time of independence. The letter is an account of a foreign woman who lived in Mexico. Frances came from Scotland and was the wife of the Spanish minister to Mexico. She begins the letter by saying that it is tough to say that Mexican women are educated. Generally, few women are educated, most of them being foreigners and children from the upper c...