Plate 80: ¡Quitemos la venda! (Campaña de alfabetización) (from the portfolio Estampas de la Revolución Mexicana)

Translation: It was the mission of the government headed by General Manuel Ávila Camacho to eliminate the immense problem of illiteracy, an undertaking supported by the present government of President Alemán (Miguel Alemán Valdés). The Literacy Campaign has already managed to teach reading and writing to thousands of people, and Centros de Alfabetización (literacy centers) are found even in the most remote areas of the country where peasants, workers, women, children, and the elderly go to learn.Translated by Aída Wester, Intern 2017.