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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:
| 1810 | - | Sucre | - | Unknown | - | She moved to Sucre in 1810 . |
Connections:
Aldunte señorasBiography:
Her father, Manuel Anselmo Tapia was Regidor of Potosí. The family moved to Chuquisaca for health reasons in 1810. She was intelligent and beautiful.
She was a member of Aldunte y Rada's group of distinguidas señoras who greeted Castelli in Sucre in 1810. She was dressed in white with her long dark hair flowing over her shoulders, she recited a greeting and pledge of support written by her father, and she and the other women offered their jewellery to the cause. (Urquidi, 154, 212-215)
References:
Urquidi, José Macedonio (1918) Bolivianas ilustres, heroinas, escritoras, artistas, Tomo I