Nellie Campobello’s 117th Birthday

The early part of the 20th century was a time of great political and cultural change in Mexico. Nellie Campobello (born María Francisca Moya Luna) bore witness to the Revolution as it overtook every aspect of ordinary life in her native Chihuahua and across the country.

She also did something almost no other woman had done or would do about those tumultuous times: she remembered. In 1931, she published the Spanish novella Cartucho, a collection of 56 keenly observant vignettes about the Revolution. The book captured her experiences as a young girl caught up in a revolution, the stories told to her by her mother, the collective memories of strangers and friends impacted by the war, and the corridos (ballads) of her hometown.

Cartucho was among the very few accounts of this important period of Mexican history narrated from a woman's perspective. It was also unique in its lyrical, almost poetic tone of voice.  

Today’s Doodle by guest artist Lindsey Olivares pays homage to Nellie on what would have been her 117th birthday. ¡Feliz Cumpleaños, Nellie Campobello!

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