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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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 Encarnación Andonaégui |
Gender:Female
Ethnic origen: White
Events:
| 1769 | - | Buenos Aires | - | Not applicable | - | She was born in Buenos Aires on 25 March 1769. |
| 1795 | - | Buenos Aires | - | Unknown | - | She married Francisco Antonio Valdepares from Asturias on 26 November 1795. |
| 1812 | - | Tucumán | - | Patriot | - | In 1812 she was among a group of Tucumán women who sewed uniforms for the patriot army. She also co-signed a letter from here in 1812 offering to buy arms for the patriots. |
Connections:
Alzaga conspiracyTexts:
0 - In 1812 she was among a group of women who offered to buy weapons for the patriots and ask.....
Biography:
From Tucumán, in 1812 she was among a group of 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 in June 1812. (Mitre, Obras completas, VII, 16-17)
She was born in Buenos Aires on 25 March 1769, the daughter of Chilean José de Andonaégui, regidor of Buenos Aires in 1770 and Catalina Herrera of Buenos Aires. She married Francisco Antonio Valdepares from Asturias on 26 November 1795. Darragueira, later a patriot, was a witness at their wedding. Valdepares was employed by the Viceroyalty but she nonetheless supported the independence cause, and Carranza assumes that this caused friction in their relationship. She took part in the Alzaga conspiracy. She later married Mariano Francisco de Orma and died in poverty. (Carranza, 118-120)
References:
Carranza, Adolfo P. (1910) Patricias argentinas
Mitre, Bartolomé (1940) Obras completas de Bartolomé Mitre