Jerónima de Tovar y Ponte

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: Unknown

Events:

1812  -  Venezuela  -  Patriot  -  Her cacao hacienda in the Cuyagua Valley was seized around this time by royalists.

Connections:

Women fined for independence activities

Biography:
Her cacao hacienda in the Cuyagua Valley, Venezuela, was seized (around 1812) by royalists on the basis of her involvement in the revolution against the king. (Cherpak, 227)

Related to Catalina Tobar de Ponte?

References:

Lavrin, Asunción (editor). (1978) Latin American Women: Historical Perspectives; Contributions in Women's Studies, No.3.