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Gertrudis Vanegas de Vásquez
Other names/titles: Gender: F
Ethnic origin: Unknown
Biographical details
From Machetá, Colombia, she married Vicente Vásquez, a patriot. In September 1817 she and her mother fed, housed and protected the patriot troops including the Almeyda brothers in Machetá. Vásquez was captured on 21 November 1817 at the battle of Tibirita and taken to Bogotá where he was executed 6 months later. (Monsalve, 190)
On 28 September 1817 she and her mother, María Gertrudis Romero, hid Vicente and Ambrosio Almeyda and others who had escaped from their royalist captors. She was married to Vicente Vásquez from Socorro, who was involved in the comunero rebellion. (Díaz y Díaz, 74-75).
There seem to be strong connections to "La Pola" Salavarrieta's spy network.
Life Events
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1817 | She fed and house patriot troops in September 1817. |
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1818 | Her husband was executed. |
References
Monsalve, José D, (1926), Mujeres de la independencia
Díaz y Díaz, Oswaldo, (1962), Los Almeydas: Episodios de la resistencia patriota contra el ejército pacificador de tierra firme
Davies, Catherine, Brewster, Claire and Owen, Hilary, (2006), South American Independence. Gender, Politics, Text
Publications
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Gendering Latin American Independence
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