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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:
| 1810 | - | Mexico City | - | Unknown | - | She established a secular female group here in 1810. |
Connections:
Royalists (women)Biography:
A widow of a former audiencia judge, she established a secular female group of up to 2,500 members when Hidalgo’s men surrounded Mexico City in 1810. They defended the Virgin of Remedios, patrona of the Royal Army. The women watched over the statue and sewed banners to counter the rebels’ banners of the Virgin of Guadalupe. They also published pamphlets proclaiming loyalty to Ferdinand VII. They supported the families of the needy royalists. The rebels were defeated at the Battle of Las Cruces, 1811, but the women’s group continued for several years. (Salas, 26)
References:
Salas, Elizabeth (1990) Soldaderas in the Mexican Military: Myth and History