Colonel Carmen Amelia Robles, an Afro—Mexican woman who was a leader in
the Mexican Revolution. Legend has it that she participated in many battles
and that she would shoot her pistol with her right hand and hold her Cigar with
her left.
The award is intended to support female students “who are unafraid to think
outside the box and are bold, creative, conscious and confident.” The music
icon, Beyonce, has announced ‘Formation Scholars’ awards for original and
Maria Gonzalez and soldaderas, South Texas border 1900-1920. Soldaderas
were female soldiers who fought alongside men during the Mexican
Revolution (1910-1920). The word is also used to refer to camp women who