Women and Independence in Latin America An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence |
Gender:Female
Ethnic origen: White
Events:
1791 | - | Lima | - | Unknown | - | In Lima, where she was from, she subscribed to El Mercurio Peruano. |
Connections:
Newspaper, Mercurio PeruanoBiography:
From Lima, she was a friend of Manuela de Orrantia and Isabel de Orbea who were “collaborators” of the founders of El Mercurio Peruano. She attended Orrantia’s tertulias (Martín, 72-75.)
She subscribed to El Mercurio Peruano in 1791. (Clément, 129)
Related to Juan Domingo Unamunsaga?
References:
Clément, Jean-Pierre (1979) Indices del Mercurio Peruano, 1790-1795
Martín, Luis (1983) Daughters of the Conquistadores: Women of the Viceroyalty of Peru