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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:
| 1823 | - | Argentina | - | Unknown | - | She travelled Argentina as a hermana de Belén asking for alms. |
Connections:
NunsBiography:
From Argentina, she worked with Ana María Taboada in the 1820s. Taboada took the name Ana María del Niño Jesús and oversaw the building of the chapel and convent of Belén in 1823. The hermanas de Belén went around the country begging for alms. (Sosa de Newton, 626)
References:
Sosa de Newton, Lily (1986) Diccionario biográfico de mujeres argentinas