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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:
| 1817 | - | Machetá | - | Patriot | - | She fed and housed patriot troops in September 1817. |
| 1818 | - | Bogotá | - | Unknown | - | Her husband was executed. |
Connections:
Almeyda networkBiography:
From Machetá, Colombia, she married Vicente Vásquez, a patriot. In September 1817 she and her mother fed, housed and protected the patriot troops including the Almeyda brothers in Machetá. Vásquez was captured on 21 November 1817 at the battle of Tibirita and taken to Bogotá where he was executed 6 months later. (Monsalve, 190)
On 28 September 1817 she and her mother, María Gertrudis Romero, hid Vicente and Ambrosio Almeyda and others who had escaped from their royalist captors. She was married to Vicente Vásquez from Socorro, who was involved in the comunero rebellion. (Díaz y Díaz, 74-75).
There seem to be strong connections to "La Pola" Salavarrieta's spy network.
References:
Davies, Catherine, Brewster, Claire and Owen, Hilary (2006) South American Independence. Gender, Politics, Text
Díaz y Díaz, Oswaldo (1962) Los Almeydas: Episodios de la resistencia patriota contra el ejército pacificador de tierra firme
Monsalve, José D (1926) Mujeres de la independencia