Josefa Cordero

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Gender: F
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Biographical details

Born in Ica, Peru, she founded the Casa de Ejercios Espirituales, a women's hospital and a Casa de Espósitos, sometime after 1783 (when the Viceroy offered a grant for them). She herself did much of the nursing, "un ángel salvador". She was regarded as a saint in Ica. (García y García, 147)

Life Events

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1783

She founded three women's charitable institutions shortly after 1783.

References

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

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Gendering Latin American Independence

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