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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:
| 1666 | - | Santiago de Chile | - | Not applicable | - | Born |
| 1678 | - | Santiago de Chile | - | Not applicable | - | She was admitted to the convent Santa Clara de la Victoria |
| 1721 | - | Santiago de Chile | - | Not applicable | - | She became abbess at Santa Clara de la Victoria |
| 1749 | - | Santiago de Chile | - | Unknown | - | She died on October 5, 1749 |
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NunsBiography:
Born in 1666 into an upper-class Chilean family, she went against her mother's wishes by entering the convent. She wrote her autobiography. Her confessor told her to write her story and provided her with sufficient paper to write for one day; he would then take her work from her each day and not allow her to see it again. She was eventually elected abbess. (Scott, 223)
A "Monja clarisa" who was one of the first Chilean women to write stories. Her work is largely autobiographical, life in the convent, and other narrations of colonial life. Her writing, in numerous notebooks, survived and is kept in the Biblioteca Nacional de Santiago. Vera Lamperein, 37)
She died in 1749.
References:
Smith, Verity (editor). (1997) Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature
Davies, Catherine, Brewster, Claire and Owen, Hilary (2006) South American Independence. Gender, Politics, Text
Vera Lamperein, Lina (1994) Presencia femenina en la literatura nacional: Una trayectoria apasionante 1750-1991