How did the Spanish colonial authorities undermine and eventually strip native women of their traditional rights? How did the women fight back?

LECTURE 10 NOTES: The reading in The Legacy of Mesoamerica will give you insight into pre-Columbian gender relations. Although the text focuses on Mesoamerica, the customs here are broadly applicable to other native cultures. If you were to look at gender relations amongst North American groups you would also find that they were far in advance of anything the Europeans […]