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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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 Ana María Cotapos |
 Ana María Cotapos |
 Juan José Carrera |
 Juan José Carrera |
 Tertulia |
 Tertulia |
 Route to exile |
Gender:Female
Ethnic origen: White
Events:
| 1794 | - | Chile | - | Not applicable | - | She was born on 18 February 1794. |
| 1814 | - | San Luis | - | Patriot | - | She fled Chile with her family and was escorted to San Luis by San Martín's troops in 1814. |
| 1819 | - | Mendoza | - | Patriot | - | Her husband was executed in Mendoza on 8 April 1819. |
| 1832 | - | Argentina | - | Patriot | - | She died after a fall around 1832. |
Connections:
Carrera FamilyTexts:
1817 - Letter from Ana Maria Cotapos to Javiera Carrera (from Santiago)
1817 - Letter from Ana Maria Cotapos to Javiera Carrera, seeking news of Juan José Carrera (from.....
1817 - Letter from Ana Maria Cotapos to Juan José Carrera (from Santiago)
Biography:
Born on 18 February 1794, she married Juan José Carrera (brother of Javiera Carrera). She organised tertulias in Santiago de Chile to promote national sovereignty. She may also have fought in battles along with Javiera Carrera. (Guiñazú, 37)
Juan José Carrera was executed on 8 April 1819, Pérez Cotapos later married Justo Salinas, a wealthy landowner with a large estate "at the foot of the mountains of Angostura". She had several children. She died suddenly, a result of a fall around 1832. (Sutcliffe, 322, 330-331.)
Grez quotes Mary Graham's description of Pérez Cotapos when the latter was aged 32. More than a women, she was "un sueñode esos que aparecen en la fantasía del romance. Sus ojos cautivaban y seducían a la vez; poseía una boca que ningún pintor ni el cincel de la esculotra habría igualado en las Hebes y Gracias imaginadas por el arte". (Grez, 53.)
After the battle of Rancagua (1814) the Carreras were sent to San Luis, escorted by San Martín's troops. Cotapos was with them. After the Carrera brothers´ imprisonment, she petitioned San Martín and O'Higgins for their release and pardon. She managed to convince O'Higgins to order a stay of execution, but the news of it reached Mendoza after the brothers had been executed. (Clissold, 93, 133-135, 169)
References:
Arambel Guinazu, Maria Cristina , Martin, Claire Emilie (2001) Las mujeres toman la palabra: Escritura feminina del siglo XIX. Volume: 1
Clissold, Stephen (1968) Bernardo O'Higgins and the Independence of Chile
Davies, Catherine, Brewster, Claire and Owen, Hilary (2006) South American Independence. Gender, Politics, Text
Grez, Vicente (1966) Las mujeres de la independencia
Sutcliffe, Thomas (1841) Sixteen Years in Chile and Peru, From 1822 to 1839