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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:
| 1815 | - | Jamaica | - | Unknown | - | She went into exile to Jamaica. |
Connections:
Women exiled independence causeBiography:
From Mompós, Colombia, in 1815 she and her sister María Josefa Fernández Silguero, were imprisoned in Cartagena by Morrillo. They both emigrated to Jamaica with their husbands, but were both widowed there (their husbands were both weakened serving the independence cause). The sisters returned to Mompóx where they died impoverished. (Monsalve, 107)
References:
Monsalve, José D (1926) Mujeres de la independencia