Josefa Benítez Durán

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Gender: F
Ethnic origin: Unknown

Biographical details

Born around 1815, the daughter of María Carmen Durán y Polanco and Emigdio Benítez. She was very young when her father was executed by the royalists in July 1816. She was one of the daughters of the martyrs who crowned Bolívar when he entered Bogotá in triumph after the battle of Boyacá in 1819. (Monsalve, 139)

There could be an error here, see Josefa Benítez Plata. Only one is listed.

Life Events

Born	1815	She was born around this time.
Other	1816	Her father was executed by the royalists in July 1816.
Other	1819	She was one of a group of the daughters of martyrs who crowned Bolívar with flowers when he entered Bogotá in triumph after the Battle of Boyaca.

References

Monsalve, José D, (1926), Mujeres de la independencia

Publications

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Links

Resource id #25 (21)

Resource id #29 (111)

Gendering Latin American Independence

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