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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: White
Events:
| 1774? | - | San Cristóbal | - | Not applicable | - | She was born around 1774. |
| 1796 | - | San Cristóbal | - | Unknown | - | She married Juan Antonio Briceño Uzcátegui. |
| 1857 | - | San Cristóbal | - | Not applicable | - | She died on 7 February 1857. |
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Briceño familyBiography:
She was born in San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela around 1774 and married Juan Antonio Briceño Uzcátegui in 1796. Her support for the independence cause made her a target of the royalists. At the end of 1819, the region was in royalist hands. She, along with other pro-independence women were captured and taken to the town of Bailadores, where they were rescued by a patriotic battalion sent from Pamploma by Bolívar. Her son, Pedro Briceño Ramírez, joined the independence army when he was aged 15. He was taken prisoner sentenced to death, but was allegedly saved after a Creole woman intervened. She died in 1857. (N.A., Heroínas, 44-46.)
References:
N.A. (1964) Heroínas venezolanas