Timeline: Mexican Presidents (1940-1970) | Timetoast

Period: Dec 1, 1940 to Nov 30, 1946

Manuel Ávila Camacho

Created an emergency alphabetization campaign in 1944, since 48% of the population was illiterate.
Period: Dec 1, 1946 to Nov 30, 1952

Miguel Alemán Valdés

Gave women the right to vote in municipal elections for the first time in México in 1947.
Period: Dec 1, 1952 to Nov 30, 1958

Adolfo Ruiz Cortines

Created the "aguinaldo" for workers of the State and improved the worker's wages.
In 1953, allowed women to vote in the presidential elections for the first time.
Period: Dec 1, 1958 to Nov 30, 1964

Adolfo López Mateos

Created the Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado (ISSTE) in 1959.
Period: Dec 1, 1964 to Nov 30, 1970

Gustavo Díaz Ordaz

Signed the "Tratado de Tlatelolco", which prohibited the development, storage, and use of nuclear weapons in Latin AMerica and the Caribbean.