Women and Independence in Latin America

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

Isabel Gómez

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: Mulatta

Events:

1782  -  Venezuela  -  Unknown  -  Her son, Manuel Piar, was born.
1810?  -  Caracas  -  Patriot  -  She distributed revolutionary literature here.
1817  -  Antioquia  -  Unknown  -  Her son was executed by Bolívar.

Connections:

female relatives of executed patriots
Female relatives of past and future leading political/military/ cultural figures
Gual-España revolt
Women exiled independence cause
Women imprisoned, independence cause
Women propaganda for independence cause
Women workers

Biography:
A parda midwife who, with Joaquina de España, distributed revolutionary literature in Caracas. She was imprisoned and exiled. (Cherpak, 220)

She was the mother of General Manuel Piar (1782-1817). (Knaster, 479.)

References:

Lavrin, Asunción (editor). (1978) Latin American Women: Historical Perspectives; Contributions in Women's Studies, No.3.
Knaster, Meri (1977) Women in Spanish America: An Annotated Bibliography from Pre-Conquest to Contemporary Times