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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: Mestiza
Events:
| 1816 | - | Puente Real | - | Patriot | - | She joined the independence cause. |
| 1818 | - | Puente Real | - | Patriot | - | She was executed (shot) here by the royalists on 20th December 1818 |
Connections:
Women confronted/ defied individual royalistsBiography:
She was shot in Puente Real, Colombia, in 1818 for her part in the independence struggles. (Hincapié Borda, 155)
A campesina who had participated in the independence struggles from 1816, she was executed in 1818 in Puente Nacional after she refused to divulge the names of a group of patriots to the royalist officials. (P. Forero, 46)
References:
Forero, Paulo E. (1972) Las heroinas olvidadas de la independencia
Hincapie Borda, Alicia (2000) Tras la imagen y la presencia de Policarpa