Emma Godoy: the writer who defended the dignity of old age to which Google dedicates its doodle

This Friday, March 25, commemorates the birth of one of the most important poets that the state of Guanajuato has given: Emma Godoy. Because of this, Google decided to dedicate a doodle to it, which can be seen at the beginning of the search engine.

In one illustration, Godoy can be seen with an open book and a pen in his right hand, and in front of her, a microphone. Behind it you read the word Google, and inside the letters, you see some smiling people, mostly of the elderly.

Despite being a very important poet, not everyone knows Emma Godoy.

Godoy was born on a day like today, but in 1918, in the central state of Guanajuato. She was a writer, philosopher, psychologist, pedagogue and broadcaster, and distinguished herself by promoting the defense of the dignity of old age.

The important writer studied at the Institute of Female Culture and obtained her bachelor's degree as a secondary education teacher specializing in language and literature at the Higher Normal School of Mexico City, and later entered the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters (FFyL) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) , where he obtained his doctorate in philosophy, in addition to studying degrees in psychology and pedagogy.

He traveled to Paris, in France, where he took additional courses in philosophy at the Sorbonne and in history at the École du Louvre.

From 1947 he devoted himself to teaching, and he taught at the National School of Teachers, at the Higher Normal School, at the University of the Cloister of Sor Juana and in some other institutions. In addition, she served as advisor to the Mexican Society of Philosophy, the Faculty of Philosophy of the Autonomous University of Guadalajara (UAG), honorary president of the Philosophical Athenaeum of the Panamerican University, and member of the International Academy of Philosophy of Art, Switzerland.

As a writer, she collaborated with some magazines, such as Apse, El Libro y el Pueblo, Cuadernos de Bellas Artes and some others. He wrote biographies, short stories, novels, poetry, art criticism and philosophical essays. In his work he highlights religiosity, eroticism, loneliness and anguish.

In addition, he always defended the dignity of old age. In 1973 he founded and presided over the Dignification of Ageing Association (DIVE). He did work in favor of old age, instilling an awareness of it in society through radio, at EXA. In response, the Mexican government adopted a policy of social order and created, in 1979, the National Institute of Senescence (INSEN), which later changed its name to the National Institute of Older Persons (INAPAM).

Emma Godoy died in Mexico City (CDMX), on July 30, 1989, and in November 2006, her remains were transferred to the Rotunda of the Illustrious Persons, which is an enclosure that was inaugurated in 1872 by decree of then-President Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada. On this site are the funerary monuments and two cenotaphs of women and men who have contributed to the cultural, scientific, literary, civic, military and political wealth of Mexico. One of its attractions is the diversity of artistic styles of the monuments, in which the activity or contribution of each character is exalted.

In addition to the remains of Emma Godoy, you can also find those of David Alfaro Siqueiros, Justo Sierra, José María Pino Suárez, Diego Rivera, Carlos Ramírez Ulloa, Ricardo Flores Magón, José Juan Tablada, Ignacio González Guzman, José Clemente Orozco, Pedro Sainz de Baranda, to name the most emblematic.

For their part, eight women rest in this place: Angela Peralta; Virginia Fabregas; Rosario Castellanos; Emma Godoy; María Lavalle Urbina; Dolores del Rio; Amalia González Caballero and María Izquierdo.

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