Catalina Agüero de Muñecas (Aguero)

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Gender: F
Ethnic origin: Unknown

Biographical details

From Lambayeque, Peru, she participated in "la gesta libertadora en tareas díficiles y de particular cuidado". She was awarded the Orden del Sol by San Martín on 11 January 1822. (Guardia, 48; Gaceta de Lima, 23-1-1822, p.3)

From a well known family in Lambayeque, she and Narcisa Iturregui wrote letters to the patriots giving them information about the royalist movements. (García y García, 256, 292)

(Related to Carmen Muñecas?)

Life Events

Other

1822

She was awarded the Orden del Sol.

References

Guardia, Sara Beatriz, (1985), Mujeres peruanas: El otro lado de la historia

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

, (1950), Gaceta del Gobierno de Lima Independiente, Tomos I-III, Julio 1822-dic 1822

Publications

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Links

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Gendering Latin American Independence

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