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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: Unknown
Events:
| 1817 | - | Garagoa | - | Patriot | - | She was shot in Garagoa on 9 December 1817 by the royalists. |
Connections:
Almeyda networkBiography:
She was shot in Garagoa, Colombia, in 1817 for her part in the independence struggles.
She was an auxiliary in the Almeydas war. She was executed on 9 December 1817. Her name is commemorated in Garagoa. (Díaz y Díaz, 293)
On 9 November 1817 she was shot because she had obtained food and medicine for the patriots. (P. Forero, 158)
References:
Díaz y Díaz, Oswaldo (1962) Los Almeydas: Episodios de la resistencia patriota contra el ejército pacificador de tierra firme
Forero, Paulo E. (1972) Las heroinas olvidadas de la independencia
Hincapie Borda, Alicia (2000) Tras la imagen y la presencia de Policarpa