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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:
| 1821 | - | Santiago del Estero | - | Unknown | - | She and Taboada co-founded the first free school for girls in Santiago de Estero |
| 1823 | - | Argentina | - | Unknown | - | She travelled Argentina as a hermana de Belén after 1823. |
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Education for Girls (Argentina)Biography:
The sister of Dr Pedro Francisco de Uriarte, of the Congreso de Tucumán, she worked with Ana María Taboada in the 1820s. Taboada took the name Ana María del Niño Jesús and oversaw the building of the chapel and convent of Belén in 1823. The hermanas de Belén went around the country begging for alms. Uriarte and Taboada co-founded the first free school for girls in Santiago de Estero, Argentina. (Sosa de Newton, 626, 647)
References:
Sosa de Newton, Lily (1986) Diccionario biográfico de mujeres argentinas