Normal Teachers of the Escuela Profesional y de Artes y Oficios del Estado de México: Honorable, of good Behaviour and good Services (1889-1910)

Abstract

This article makes a brief journey into the nineteenth century, thus deepening on the history of teachers at the Escuela Profesional y de Artes y Oficios, for ladies, of the Estado de México. This paper analizes the requirements for admission and permanence, as well as the differences between the teachers of the normal section and those of the arts and crafts as well as the evaluation criteria, distinctions and punishments. From the perspective of social history, the everyday life of these women - thaught themselves to build a “modern nation“ in the late stages of the Porfiriato era - is narrated. For this aim, a diversity of sources from the library, the newspaper library and the historical archives of the Estado de México was employed. This study aims to contribute to the emergent history of teachers of normal and technical education at the Estado de México: the aim is to make a small contrutibution which shows aspects of the broad topic of women´s past in this professional field.