%0 Journal Article %T "Difundir la instrucci車n de una manera agradable": Historia natural y geograf赤a en revistas femeninas de M谷xico, 1840-1855 %A Vega %A Rodrigo %J Revista mexicana de investigaci車n educativa %D 2011 %I Consejo Mexicano de Investigaci車n Educativa, A.C. %X during the period from 1840 to 1855, publications for women appeared in mexico. among other topics, they covered natural history and geography. the magazines were entitled semanario de las seˋoritas mejicanas. educaci車n cient赤fica, moral y literaria del bello sexo (1840-1842); panorama de las seˋoritas. peri車dico pintoresco, cient赤fico y literario (1842); el presente amistoso. dedicado a las seˋoritas mexicanas por cumplido (1847); la semana de las seˋoritas mejicanas (1851); and la camelia. semanario de literatura, variedades, teatros, modas, etc. dedicado a las seˋoritas mejicanas (1853). all of them were used to reinforce the traditional role of mexican women through scientific instruction for women. %K press %K scientific dissemination %K analysis of discourse %K history of education %K mexico. %U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1405-66662011000100006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en