Anita BrennerIn 1905, Anita Brenner was born in Aguascalientes, Mexico. His parents left Mexico in 1910, at the start of the Mexican Revolution. Anita was educated in the United States but never forgot the homeland she loved. Anita's family moved from Mexico to Texas during the revolution, then in 1916 she settled permanently in Texas. Anita understood what it meant to be displaced from her country during wartime. Anita was of Jewish descent, her father had immigrated from Russia in the late 1880s, her father and mother met in Chicago and then moved to Aguascalientes. Although she was not of Mexican descent, she always considered herself Mexican. Her greatest influence on Mexican culture was her nanny, Nana Serpia. The Mexican Revolution occurred when Brenner was very young, but it continued to shape her for the rest of her life. Brenner has written several books, but Idols Behind Altars and The Wind that Swept Mexico have been influential and popular with the public. Brenner also created a publication in 1955 called "Mexico"/This Month. Brenner spent all his years writing about Mexico, its art, its history and its culture. Anita Brenner loved Mexico and spent her life trying to teach a primarily American audience what Mexico was really like. Idols Behind Altars was Anita Brenner's first book. It was about the arts and culture of Mexico. In the book's introduction, Brenner talked about the historical significance of the Mexican Revolution and what it was meant to accomplish. She wrote about the betrayal of the ruling class and the humble beginnings of the revolution. She writes that "But the high voltage which blew up the works was the brutal and insolent disparity between the money and the position accorded to the native technician or professional man - the intelligent and cultured man - as compared to its foreign counterpart. . This devaluation based, not exactly on color, not exactly on race, but actually on the same thing, has cooked, irritated and set in motion the consciousness of qualified men perfectly aware of their own abilities. They and people like them were among the most effective organizers of 1910-1924. (in 2 idols) This is how Anita Brenner described the people who started the revolution. She believed the Revolution was inevitable because of the way landowners and politicians ran the government..