Overview

• Claudia Sheinbaum became the first woman to deliver the Grito de Dolores in the Zócalo, breaking a 215‑year precedent.
• She named female insurgents long sidelined in official memory, including Josefa Ortiz Téllez-Girón, Leona Vicario, Gertrudis Bocanegra and Manuela Molina “La Capitana.”
• New visual symbols featured in the ceremony included a Leona Vicario portrait placed in Palacio Nacional’s main gallery and a purple dress associated with feminist struggle.
• An all-female honor guard from the Heroico Colegio Militar carried the national flag, a participation described as unprecedented.
• International outlets such as The New York Times and El País highlighted the move’s symbolism, noting Sheinbaum’s first-year popularity as she manages pressure from the U.S. administration of Donald Trump.