Josepha Sedano

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: Unknown

Events:

1711  -  Mexico  -  Unknown  -  She demanded a divorce from her husband.

Connections:

Divorce cases

Biography:
A Mexican woman who demanded a divorce from her husband in 1711 on the grounds that she objected "to feeding him, clothing him and giving him money to play cards and enamorar". (Gutiérrez, 329)

References:

Gutiérrez, Ramón A. (1996) When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away: Marriage, Sexuality and Power in New Mexico, 1500-1846