For two years photographer Charles Fréger traveled throughout 18 European countries, capturing of what remains of the old religions and ancient holidays in Europe, what he calls “tribal Europe” in his “Wilder Mann” series.
Jovita Idar Vivero (September 7, 1885 – June 15, 1946) was an American journalist, teacher, political activist, and civil rights worker who championed the cause of Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants.[2][3] Against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution, which lasted a decade from 1910 through 1920, she worked for a series of newspapers, using her writing to work towards making a meaningful and effective change. She began her career in journalism at La Crónica, her father's newspaper in Laredo, Texas, her hometown.[4]
While working as a journalist, she became the president of the newly established League of Mexican Women—La Liga Femenil Mexicanista—in October 1911, an organization with a focus on offering free education to Mexican children in Laredo.[5] She was also active in the Primer Congreso Mexicanista, an organization that brought Mexican-Americans together to discuss issues such as their lack of access to adequate education and economic resources.[6]
Idar was honored on an American Women quarter in 2023.
Idar earned her teaching certificate in 1903 from the Holding Institute in Laredo.[10] She taught in a school in Los Ojuelos, located approximately 40 miles east of Laredo.[7] The reality of her first years teaching was frustrating, "There were never enough textbooks for her pupils or enough paper, pens or pencils; if all her students came to class, there were not enough chairs or desks for them."[9] The schooling for Chicano students was inadequate. Chicanos paid taxes to support decent schooling for their children yet they were denied entry to schools. Idar realized that her teaching efforts were making little impact on student lives due to the ill-equipped segregated schools.
In November 1916, Idar founded the weekly paper Evolución which remained in operation until 1920.[citation needed]
Idar moved to San Antonio in 1921 where she founded a free kindergarten and also volunteered in a hospital as an interpreter.[20]
In 1940 she co-edited the journal El Heraldo Cristiano.[5]
In May 1917, Idar married Bartolo Juárez, who worked as a plumber and tinsmith.[21]: 7 They lived together in San Antonio until her death, on June 15, 1946, which was reported to have been caused by a pulmonary hemorrhage. She had been suffering from advanced tuberculosis.[22][4]
