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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: Mulatta
Events:
| 1743 | - | Junín | - | Unknown | - | She led a women's battalion in the Juan Santos Atahualpa Serrano rebellion. |
Connections:
Indigenous rightsBiography:
From Tarma, Peru, she is described as having mixed black and Indian blood. In 1743 she led a women's battalion in the Juan Santos Atahualpa Serrano rebellion (1742-52) Jauja. (Stern, 46)
She led a fighting group of around 50 women in Juan Santos Atahualpa's messianic movement to liberate Indians. (Socolow, 160)
References:
Stern, Steve J. (editor). (1987) Resistance, Rebellion, and Consciousness in the Andean Peasant World, 18th to 20th Centuries
Socolow, Susan Migden (1999) The Women of Colonial Latin America