Women and Independence in Latin America

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

María de los Santos Sayas de Bengochea

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: Unknown

Events:

1792  -  Buenos Aires  -  Not applicable  -  She was born in Guardia de Pilar and lived at San Fernando, both in Buenos Aires province.
1792  -  Buenos Aires  -  Not applicable  -  She was baptised on 18 February 1792.
1810  -  Buenos Aires  -  Unknown  -  On 7 June 1810 she married Vicente Bengochea.
1826  -  Buenos Aires  -  Unknown  -  She was widowed.
1828  -  Buenos Aires  -  Unknown  -  She married a cousin of her first husband.
1848  -  Buenos Aires  -  Unknown  -  She was widowed for a second time.
1867  -  Buenos Aires  -  Unknown  -  She died in San Fernando on 11 February 1867.

Connections:

Women workers

Biography:
Born in Guardia de Pilar, Buenos Aires province and baptised on 18 February 1792, she worked taking post along the San Fernando to Buenos Aires road. On 7 June 1810 she married Vicente Bengochea in San Fernando. She was widowed in 1826, left with 9 children. In 1828 she remarried, a cousin of her first husband. She was widowed again in 1848, and continued to work building up the postal service into a respectable business (the government reorganised it in 1822). She worked tirelessly whatever the weather. She died in San Fernando on 11 February 1867. (Sosa de Newton, 596, 595)

References:

Sosa de Newton, Lily (1986) Diccionario biográfico de mujeres argentinas