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Dámasa Boedo
Other names/titles: Gender: F
Ethnic origin: Unknown
Biographical details
Born in Salta in 1818, she was a friend of Juana Manuela Gorriti.
She met Unitarian General Juan Lavalle in 1841 when he arrived in Salta defeated by the federales. She accompanied him on his campaigns as a lover, nurse and seamstress and was with him on 9 October 1841 when he was attacked and killed while staying at a house in Jujuy. She then marched to Bolivia with the funeral cortege and stayed there as a teacher. She lived in Sucre, La Paz, Coquimbo, Lima and Guayaquil, also working as a teacher. In Lima she wanted to become a nun, but ill health prevented her from doing so. She returned to Salta in 1880 and died there on 5 September 1880. (Sosa de Newton, 85)
Life Events
Born |
1818 | She was born in Salta. |
Other |
1841 | She accompanied General Juan Lavalle on his campaigns and was with him when he was killed on 9 October 1841. |
Died |
1880 | She died in Salta on 5 September 1880. |
References
Sosa de Newton, Lily, (1986), Diccionario biográfico de mujeres argentinas
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