Concepción Villafañe

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<I>Gazeta de Caracas</I>, 5 Nov 1811, p.3.
Gazeta de Caracas, 5 Nov 1811, p.3.
<I>Gazeta de Caracas</I>, 5 Nov 1811, p.4
Gazeta de Caracas, 5 Nov 1811, p.4
   

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: Unknown

Events:

1811  -  Barinas  -  Patriot  -  She offered to enlist in the republican army in November 1811.

Connections:

Briceño family
Women offered to fight for independence cause
Women volunteers, Barinas

Biography:
She was among a group of women from Barinas province, Venezuela, who in 1811 wrote to the governor offering to enlist in the republican army. Their offer was rejected, but their letter was printed in the Gaceta de Caracas on 5 November 1811. (Tosta, 72.)

References:

Pérez Vila, Manuel (editor). (1983) Gaceta de Caracas
Tosta, Virgilio (1987) Historia de Barinas