Francisco Madero

     Born in 1873, just prior the the beginning of the Profiriato, Francisco I. Madero would be brought up in a manner typical of wealthy Mexican families.  Receiving the best education that his family could purchase, Madero would travel to both the United States and France in his teenage years.  Upon returning to Mexico, Madero would be place in charge of one of his family's haciendas.  As a haciendado, Madero most certainly enjoyed the perks that came along with the position.  Despite this, Madero would take note of the horrid conditions experienced by the peons, doing what he could to improve their situation on his family's haciendas.  Through this effort, Madero would come to see the hacienda system as a microcosm of rural Mexico's problems.  Wishing to change this, Madero would enter the political sphere, a decision that would have lasting consequences for Mexico's future.