Margarita Correas de Ortiz

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: White

Events:

1815  -  Mendoza  -  Unknown  -  On 15 October 1815, she donated her jewels to San Martín's Andes campaign.

Connections:

Escalada friends
Women donated jewellery to independence cause
Women, donations to San Martín

Biography:
Born in Mendoza, the daughter of Coronel Ramón Correas and Francisca Velázquez y Maturana, she married Dr. Pedro Nolasco Ortiz, a friend of San Martín. On 15 October 1815, she was among a group led by Remedios Escalada de San Martín who went to the cabildo and donated their jewels towards San Martín's Andes campaign. (Sosa de Newton, 155)

References:

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