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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: White
Events:
| 1814 | - | Valencia | - | Patriot | - | She and her three day old son were killed by royalists on 11 July 1814. |
Connections:
female relatives of executed patriotsBiography:
From an upper-class family, from Valencia, Venezuela, she was the sister-in-law of patriot Capt. José María Ortega.
On 11 July 1814 a rabble of royalists soldiers pillaged Valencia. Párraga was in bed with her three-day old son with only a sheet to protect her. Seeing a soldier grab her son by the leg and raise his machete to kill him, she cried: "¡Bárbaro! ¿No ves que esta criatura puede estar sin bautismo?" She and her son were killed. (Monsalve, 63)
This is possibly the same person - Bolívar awarded her and her sisters, Rosa and Jacinta, an annual pension of 1,000 pesos. This is probably an error and should be Mercedes Párraga. (Monsalve, 264)
References:
Monsalve, José D (1926) Mujeres de la independencia