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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:
| 1814 | - | Valencia | - | Unknown | - | She was killed by General Morales on 12 July 1814. |
Connections:
Women died at Valencia, 1814Biography:
On 11 July 1814 royalist soldiers pillaged Valencia killing many people. On the following evening, Francisco Tomás Morales forced the leading women of the town to sing and dance for the troops at bayonet-point. Ledesma refused to dance and was killed. (Monsalve, 63)
References:
Monsalve, José D (1926) Mujeres de la independencia