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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:
| 1816 | - | Santa Cruz | - | Unknown | - | She retrieved and hid the head of General Ignacio Warnes that the royalists had displayed in Santa Cruz plaza. |
Connections:
Women patriots (other)Biography:
She retrieved and hid the head of the defeated patriot General Ignacio Warnes when it was displayed in Santa Cruz plaza, Bolivia, (in 1816?), thus sparing the deceased humiliation and taking from the royalists the opportunity to gloat. (Urquidi, 233-234)
Related to María Narcisa Barba or María del Rosario Barba?
References:
Urquidi, José Macedonio (1918) Bolivianas ilustres, heroinas, escritoras, artistas, Tomo I