María Miyares de Pumar

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Biographical details

The wife of Miguel María Pumar, President of the first Junta de Gobierno, she was among a group of women from Barinas province who in 1811 wrote to the governor offering to enlist in the republican army. Their offer was rejected, by the secretary of the provincial government Nicolás Pumar -related? - but their letter was printed in the Gaceta de Caracas on 5 November 1811. (Cherpak, 223, Tosta, 72.)

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1811

She offered to enlist in the republican army.

References

Tosta, Virgilio, (1987), Historia de Barinas

Lavrin, Asunción, (1978), Latin American Women: Historical Perspectives; Contributions in Women's Studies, No.3.

Pérez Vila, Manuel, (1983), Gaceta de Caracas

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