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urged the legislature of the state of Yucatán to allow women to vote and hold office. Torre ran for a seat on the Mérida city council and won, becoming the first woman in Mexico to hold elective office. Her term was cut short with the assassination of
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In 1910, Torre began working at the girls' neighborhood school in the colonia of Santa Ana. After four years, she transferred to the kindergarten attached to the normal school and worked there until 1917.
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to quell the rebellion in Yucatán, Torre served as a nurse with
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