Women and Independence in Latin America

An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence

Dolores Correas de Lavalle

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: White

Events:

1799-1824  -  Mendoza  -  Not applicable  -  She was born and lived here until 1824.
1816  -  Mendoza  -  Unknown  -  She met Juan Lavalle, a teniente in the liberation army.
1824  -  Mendoza  -  Unknown  -  She married Juan Lavalle, 20 April 1824.
1824  -  Buenos Aires  -  Unknown  -  She moved here in 1824 for a few months.
1854  -  Mendoza  -  Unknown  -  She was awarded a government pension.
1865  -  Buenos Aires  -  Unknown  -  She returned to Buenos Aires.
1872  -  Buenos Aires  -  Unknown  -  She died on 23 October 1872.

Connections:

Women awarded pensions

Biography:
She was born in Mendoza, the daughter of governor Juan de Dios Correas. In 1816, she met Juan Lavalle, a teniente who had joined the Ejército de los Andes. They married on 20 April 1824 after he had returned from the Pacific. They moved to Buenos Aires until the revolution of 28 June 1824. They went into exile to the República Oriental and raised four children. Lavalle went to Jujuy, where he died, and Correas to Chile. She was granted a government pension in 1854, and returned to Buenos Aires in 1865. She died on 23 October 1872. (Sosa de Newton, 155)

Sister-in-law of Josefa Lavalle de Sáenz Valiente.

References:

Sosa de Newton, Lily (1986) Diccionario biográfico de mujeres argentinas