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María Marcos Cedillo Salas
María Marcos Cedillo Salas (April 1910 - 6 June 1933) was the first female pilot in Mexico. Biography María Marcos Cedillo Salas was born in April 1910 in Rancho Palomas, in the Ciudad de Maíz in the state of San Luis Potosí to María Concepción Salas and Homobono Cedillo. Her paternal uncle was the politician and general Saturnino Cedillo,who served as governor of the state of San Luis Potosí from 1927 to 1931 through the Partido Nacional Revolucionario. Her father's family was involved in political and military activity around the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) and the Cristero War (1926 – 1929), and several uncles and aunts were killed or imprisoned for their parts in the struggle. Details about her early life are sketchy, but family memories suggest she was adventurous and liked cars and planes. Career as a pilot María Marcos Cedillo Salas was inspired to become a pilot by the American Florence Lowe “Pancho” Barnes, the first woman to pilot herself into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí, officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí, is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 59 municipalities and is named after its capital city, San Luis Potosí. It is located in eastern and central Mexico and is bordered by seven other Mexican states: Nuevo León to the north; Tamaulipas to the north-east; Veracruz to the east; Hidalgo, Querétaro and Guanajuato to the south; and Zacatecas to the north-west. In addition to the capital city, other major cities in the state include Ciudad Valles, Matehuala, Rioverde, and Tamazunchale. History In pre-Columbian times, the territory now occupied by the state of San Luis Potosí contained parts of the cultural areas of Mesoamerica and Aridoamerica. Its northern and western-central areas were inhabited by the Otomi and Chichimeca tribes. These indigenous groups were nomadic hunter-gatherers. Although many indigenous people died during Spanish colon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |