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Women and Independence in Latin America An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence |
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Women and Independence in Latin America An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence |
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Gender:Female
Ethnic origen: Unknown
Events:
| 1669 | - | Tocaima | - | Not applicable | - | She was born in Tocaima, Colombia. |
| 1727 | - | Bogotá | - | Unknown | - | She died in Santafé de Bogotá in 1727. |
| 1727 | - | Bogotá | - | Unknown | - | She finished her autobiography. |
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NunsBiography:
Born in Tocaima, Colombia, in 1669, she became a nun. In 1727 she wrote about her spiritual life, this was published in 1994 as Autobiografía de una monja venerable. (Robledo, a, 211)
Her confessor of 20 years, Juan de Olmos, collected and complied her work adding a prologue detailing her life to what was titled, Vida de la Madre Jerónima del Espíritu Santo Religiosa clarisa de Santafé. (Robledo, b, 35-42)
She died in Bogotá in 1727.
References:
Smith, Verity (editor). (1997) Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature
Velásquez Toro, Magdala; Reyes Cárdenas, Catalina; Rodríguez Jiménez, Pablo (editor). (1995) Las mujeres en la historia de Colombia