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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:
| 1815? | - | Bogotá | - | Patriot | - | She attended the Sumalave tertulias here. |
| 1816 | - | Popayán | - | Patriot | - | She married Custodio García Rovira around this time in Popayán. |
| 1816 | - | Popayán | - | Unknown | - | She fled here with her family around 1816. |
| 1816 | - | Popayán | - | Patriot | - | Her husband was executed by royalists on 8 August 1816. |
Connections:
female relatives of executed patriotsBiography:
Born around 1800, she attended the Sumalave pro-independence tertulias in Bogotá with her sisters. (Díaz y Díaz, 29)
She married Custodio García Rovira who attended the Buen Gusto tertulias.
She, her parents and three sisters fled to Popayán around 1816. There she met Custodio García Rovira. They were married at an improvised ceremony by Fray Francisco Antonio Florido. She was around 16 years old. García Rovira was imprisoned shortly afterwards and taken to Bogotá with Colonel Liborio Mejia, Monsalve and others. The Piedrahita family accompanied them to Bogotá, where the prisoners were executed on 8 August 1816. After Boyacá, Santander awarded Piedrahita a pension. (Monsalve, 146-147)
References:
Díaz y Díaz, Oswaldo (1962) Los Almeydas: Episodios de la resistencia patriota contra el ejército pacificador de tierra firme
Monsalve, José D (1926) Mujeres de la independencia