Magdalena Castro

Other names/titles:
Gender: F
Ethnic origin: Unknown

Biographical details

In 1812 she was among a group of women who sewed uniforms for the patriot army in Tucumán. Several of these offered to buy weapons and they asked that their names be inscribed on them. Their accompanying note (below) was reproduced in the Gaceta Minist in June 1812. (Mitre, Obras completas, VII, 16-17)

Carranza includes her name in his Patricias argentinas, adding that nothing else is known of her, but he wants her name to survive. (Carranza, 130)

Life Events

Other

1812

She co-signed a letter offering to buy arms for the patriots.

References

Mitre, Bartolomé, (1940), Obras completas de Bartolomé Mitre

Carranza, Adolfo P., (1910), Patricias argentinas

Publications

Letter: Carta

Links

Resource id #23 (69)

Resource id #27 (35)

Resource id #31 (14)

Resource id #35 (20)

Gendering Latin American Independence

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