Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2025
Abstract
Mutual Aid Societies proliferated in the American Southwest during a period of rapid social change, 1880-1930. In Hispanic towns, these societies were referred to as mutualistas, with a large number concentrated in the San Luis Valley of Colorado and rural counties of northcentral New Mexico. One of the men’s organizations, La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (SPMDTU), started in Antonito, Colorado, and quickly spread to other communities of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico and eventually to a few mining towns in Utah. With a tri-state model in place, women formed their own mutual protection societies: Sociedad Protectora Cooperativa, Sociedad Auxiliar de Mutua Beneficiaria, and Sociedad Femenil de Protección. Of the three, the Auxiliar de Mutua Beneficiaria (A.M.B.) had the strongest connection with the SPMDTU.
Recommended Citation
Rivera, José A. Ph.D. "Mutualistas: La Sociedad Auxiliar de Mutua Beneficiaria, Antonito Colorado, 1937-1994." (2025). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/arch_fsp/18
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