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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: Unknown
Events:
| 1817 | - | Casanare | - | Patriot | - | She was shot on 3 December 1817 by the royalists. |
| 1817 | - | Tenza | - | Patriot | - | She was one of the heroines of Tenza, supporting the patriots marching against Casanare. |
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Women executed independence cause (Colombia)Biography:
She was one of the heroines of Tenza, Colombia, who was shot for defending the Independence cause. (Knaster, 486.)
She was shot in front of her own shop on 3 December 1817; her executioners then sacked the shop. She had helped and encouraged the patriots as they marched to Casanare. (Díaz y Díaz, 179, 183)
On 3 December 1817 she and Salomé Buitrago were shot in Casanare for their part in the independence cause. They were not tried before a court. (P. Forero, 158)
References:
Díaz y Díaz, Oswaldo (1962) Los Almeydas: Episodios de la resistencia patriota contra el ejército pacificador de tierra firme
Forero, Paulo E. (1972) Las heroinas olvidadas de la independencia
Hincapie Borda, Alicia (2000) Tras la imagen y la presencia de Policarpa
Knaster, Meri (1977) Women in Spanish America: An Annotated Bibliography from Pre-Conquest to Contemporary Times