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Interview No. 1710, Yolanda Quiroz Gamez Feb 1998

Interview No. 1710, Yolanda Quiroz Gamez

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Yolanda was born in Aguascalientes, Mexico. On June 30, 1967. Her parent’s names were Porfirio and Maria and they were also from Aguascalientes. His father used to work in the field before going to the city to find a job and her mother didn’t work. Yolanda’s grandparents used to talk to her about the Mexican Revolution and she learned a lot about Mexican culture thru them. Her grandmother told her that when her mother was little they had to hide her because in the times of the revolution young women would get raped by men and the only way that …