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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:
| 1812 | - | Tucumán | - | Patriot | - | In 1812 she was among a group of Tucumán women who sewed uniforms for the patriot army. She also offered to buy arms for the independence troops. |
Connections:
Complot de los fusilesBiography:
In 1812 she was among a group of Tucumán women who sewed uniforms for the patriot army. Several of these offered to buy weapons and they asked that their names be inscribed on them. Their accompanying note (below) was reproduced in the Gaceta Minist, No. 12, 26 de junio de 1812. (Mitre, Obras completas, VII, 16-17)
She was baptised on 4 August 1747, when she was aged five, and is described as the daughter of Félix Esquivel and Rosa de Aldao. In 1810 she and her husband donated 3 onzas of gold to the independence cause. (Carranza, 128)
She could be one of two sisters of Luis Aldao who William Robertson met in Santa Fe, Tucumán. (Robertson, Vol.1, 203)
References:
Carranza, Adolfo P. (1910) Patricias argentinas
Mitre, Bartolomé (1940) Obras completas de Bartolomé Mitre
Robertson, John Parish and W. P. (1970) Letters on Paraguay