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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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 Gazeta de Caracas, 5 Nov 1811, p.3. |
 Gazeta de Caracas, 5 Nov 1811, p.4 |
Gender:Female
Ethnic origen: Unknown
Events:
| 1811 | - | Barinas | - | Patriot | - | She offered to fight for the republican cause. |
| 1811 | - | Barinas | - | Unknown | - | She was living here in 1811. |
Connections:
Women offered to fight for independence causeBiography:
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.)
General O'Leary mentions a Juan Guillermo Iribarren (1797-1828) who was with Pedro Briceño Méndez and others in a council of war in Los llanos, 1819. (Humphreys, 54.)
References:
Humphreys, R. A. (editor). (1969) The ´Detached Recollections' of General D. F. O'Leary
Pérez Vila, Manuel (editor). (1983) Gaceta de Caracas
Tosta, Virgilio (1987) Historia de Barinas