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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:
| 1819 | - | Salta | - | Not applicable | - | She was born at the hacienda de San Pedro Nolasco de los Molinos, Salta. |
| 1910 | - | Salta | - | Unknown | - | She died in Salta on 7 May 1910 |
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Education for Girls (Argentina)Biography:
She was born in 1819 at the hacienda de San Pedro Nolasco de los Molinos, Salta, daughter of Jacoba de Gorostiaga and Nicolás Severo de Isasmendi, a royalist governor of Salta in 1810. She married José Benjamín Dávalos, who with Bartolomé Mitre, established a business exporting fine wines to Europe. She taught literacy and religion using a system she invented. She donated funds towards the building of a hospital and the Salta cathedral and collaborated with the Franciscan missions. She died in Salta on 7 May 1910. (Sosa de Newton, 317-318)
Related to Ana Gorostiaga de Carratalá?
References:
Sosa de Newton, Lily (1986) Diccionario biográfico de mujeres argentinas