USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mutualistas were first established in Texas during the late nineteenth century by Mexican immigrants. These mutual aid societies provided immigrants with a connection to their home country and a support network to meet basic needs as they forged a life in a new and unfamiliar country.

Detailed explanation-2: -They provided sickness and burial insurance, loans, legal aid, social and cultural activities, libraries, classes, leadership opportunities, and safe quarters for barrio events. Some mutualistas, however, were also trade unions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mutualistas were community-based mutual aid societies created by Mexican immigrants in the late 19th century United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -If you’re a life-long Texan, you many have heard of a mutualistas. These mutual aid societies were part of a long tradition in Mexico, and found their way into Texas in the late 1800s. The organizations worked to provide low-income families with resources they otherwise might not have access to.

Detailed explanation-5: -By the 1920s individual mutualistas operated in nearly every barrio in the United States; about a dozen were in Corpus Christi, ten in El Paso, and over twenty in San Antonio, where nine formed an alliance in 1926.