Antonia Cortés

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: Unknown

Events:

1810  -  Bogotá  -  Unknown  -  She heckled the Viceroy's wife on 13 August 1810.
1816  -  Chocontá  -  Unknown  -  She was exiled here in August 1816.

Connections:

Women exiled from Bogotá by Morillo
Women exiled independence cause
Women heckled Villanova

Biography:
She was among a group of up to 600 women who lined the streets of Bogotá as the Viceroy's wife, Francisca Villanova, was transferred from a convent to the Cárcel del Divorcio on 13 August 1810. It was said to be a miracle that Villanova arrived alive. (Monsalve, 93)

She was exiled to Chocontá by Morillo in August 1816. (Monsalve, 246)

Related to Dolores Cortés?

References:

Monsalve, José D (1926) Mujeres de la independencia