From deftly handling a hostile Donald Trump to securing real economic gains for workers, Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum ends her first year in office with a remarkable 80% approval rating. Now the real fight for Mexico’s economic sovereignty begins.

On September 15, Claudia Sheinbaum — the first woman president in Mexico’s history — stepped onto the balcony of the National Palace to perform the ritual grito, or cry of independence.

In keeping with her government’s drive to recognize overlooked female figures in Mexican history, she included among the familiar pantheon of independence heroes names such as Josefa Ortiz Téllez-Girón, who tipped off insurgents that their plan had been discovered; Leona Vicario, who provided them with both intelligence and financing; and Manuela Molina,

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