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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:
| 1830 | - | Cartagena | - | Unknown | - | She married Frederick Rausch here around 1830. |
Connections:
Wives of mercenariesBiography:
She married Frederick Rausch in Cartagena around 1830.
In March 1859 she appealed to the New Granada government for financial support stating: "when my husband died he left me no more patrimony than the decorations on his chest. … I have eight innocent children who ask me for bread to eat, and I have nothing". (Brown, 194)