An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence

Juana del Pino de Rivadavia

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Buenos Aires, 1834

Traje de verano

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: White

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1821 - Letter to Javiera Carrera in Montevideo, giving condoloences on the execution of José Mig.....

Biography:
Born in Montevideo on 28 December 1786, the daughter of Joaquín del Pino and Rafaela de Vera y Pintado. The family moved to Buenos Aires in 1801 (from Chile) when Joaquín del Pino became Viceroy. She met Bernardo Rivadavia and they married on 14 August 1809. In 1814 Rivadavia left for a mission to Rio de Janerio with Belgrano and they went from the to Paris. Juana del Pino was left behind and unable to contact Rivadavia, during this time her mother and one of her daughters died. Rivadavia returned in 1821 and in 1823 established the Sociedad de Beneficencia. Juana del Pino played an important part, although Rivadavia did not want her to feature in the first commission. After the fall of the Unitarians Rivadavia lived quietly with del Pino from 1829-34. Shortly after this they had to go into exile to Rio de Janeiro. In 1841 she fell and broke her leg and died six weeks later on 14 December 1841. (Sosa de Newton, 496-497)

The daughter of Joaquín del Pino and wife of Bernardo de Rivadavia, she was friends with Javiera Carrera and wrote to her from Buenos Aires in December 1821 when Carrera was in Montevideo commiserating the death of José Miguel Carrera and offering hospitality to Javiera. (Vergara Quiroz, 112)

References:

Sosa de Newton, Lily (1986) Diccionario biográfico de mujeres argentinas
Vergara Quiroz, Sergio (1987) Cartas de mujeres en Chile, 1630-1885