Manuela Abella Fuertes Y Querejazú de Rábago

Other names/titles: Condesa de Pascual (Avellafuertes)
Gender: F
Ethnic origin: White

Biographical details

She was one of the first women to open her tertulia to San Martín and it thus became dedicated to independence. She was highly talented and devoted to her husband's cause. It was said of her "¡es mucho hombre esta mujer!" San Martín considered her to be one of his greatest female friends. She was the mother of Manuela Rábago y Avella Fuertes de Riglos of Lima, born 1809. (García y García, 288-289)

Life Events

Other	1809	She gave birth to her daughter Manuela Rábago y Avella Fuertes.
Other	1821	She welcomed San Martín into Lima.

References

García y García, Elvira, (1924), La mujer peruana a través de los siglos

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