María Josefa Ballén de Guzmán

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Exile 1814
Exile 1814
     

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: Unknown

Events:

1810  -  Bogotá  -  Unknown  -  She marched against the Spanish government on 20 July 1810.
1816  -  Simijacá  -  Unknown  -  In August 1816 Morillo exiled her and her family to Simijaca.

Connections:

female relatives of executed patriots
Gutiérrez family, Bogotá
Tertulia, Buen Gusto
Women exiled from Bogotá by Morillo
Women exiled independence cause
Women held in Cárcel Chiquita by Morillo
Women marched against Viceroy, Bogotá

Biography:
Married to Frutos Joaquín Gutiérrez, the sister of Nicolás Ballén and sister-in-law of Lucía Soler y Tamaris. She was among a group of women who marched through the streets of Bogotá against the Spanish government on 20 July 1810. She was a staunch supporter of independence. (Monsalve, 85, 87)

She attended the Buen Gusto tertulias. (Monsalve, 179)

In August 1816 Morillo exiled her and her family to Simijaca. She was probably held in the Cárcel Chiquito before being exiled. (Monsalve, 156, 159)

References:

Monsalve, José D (1926) Mujeres de la independencia