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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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 María de los Remedios Aguilar |
 Exile 1814 |
Other names: "La Cebollino", "La cómica"
Gender:Female
Ethnic origen: White
Events:
| 1807 | - | Bogotá | - | Unknown | - | She attended a dance in Bogotá to celebrate the defeat of the English in Buenos Aires. |
| 1816 | - | Puerto Cabello | - | Unknown | - | Her husband was imprisoned. |
| 1816 | - | Cogua | - | Unknown | - | She was exiled, sent on foot to Cogua . |
| 1816 | - | Bogotá | - | Unknown | - | She attended the Baile de las Fieras on 14 October 1816 to save her brother from execution. |
Connections:
Attended Bogotá celebrations of English defeatBiography:
Born in Andalucía, Spain, she attended the Bogotá celebrations to mark the defeat of the English in Buenos Aires in 1807. (Monsalve, 27)
On 20 July 1815 she, her husband, Eleuterio Cebollino, and her brother Francisco Aguilar, were among those supported the independence movement. (Monsalve, 142)
Sister-in-law of Teresa Suárez. (Monsalve, 171)
A woman of great beauty, blonde hair, blue eyes, white skin, a perfect form and sweet voice. She and her brother became staunch patriots. She was talented in theatricals, for which the Spaniards called her, disparagingly, "La Cómica". She attended Morillo's "Baile de las Fieras", a dance to celebrate the king's birthday on el día de San Calixto, 14 October 1816, in the hope of saving her brother from execution, but he was shot on 25 October 1816. In 1816 her husband, Cebollino, was imprisoned in Puerto Cabello by the royalists and she was exiled, sent to Cogua on foot. (Monsalve, 171,172, 247)
References:
Monsalve, José D (1926) Mujeres de la independencia