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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: Mestiza
Events:
| 1790? | - | Arequipa | - | Unknown | - | From Arequipa she was the sister of Mariano Melgar. |
Connections:
Female relatives of past and future leading political/military/ cultural figuresBiography:
The sister of Mariano Melgar, she was from Arequipa. She burned most of Melgar’s poems on the instructions of her confessor who considered them to be of little use as they were sensual and sceptic (Tamayo Vargas, 489).
References:
Tamayo Vargas, Agusto Literatura peruana