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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:
| 1818 | - | Salta | - | Not applicable | - | She was born in Salta. |
| 1841-1880? | - | Lima | - | Unknown | - | She worked as a teacher here. |
| 1841-1880? | - | La Paz | - | Unknown | - | She worked as a teacher here. |
| 1841-1880 | - | Guayaquil | - | Unknown | - | She worked as a teacher here. |
| 1841-1880? | - | Sucre | - | Unknown | - | She worked as a teacher here. |
| 1841-1880 | - | Coquimbo | - | Unknown | - | She worked as a teacher here. |
| 1841 | - | Salta | - | Unknown | - | She met General Juan Lavalle here then accompanied him on his campaigns as his lover, nurse and seamstress. |
| 1841 | - | Jujuy | - | Unknown | - | Her lover, General Juan Lavalle, was killed on 9 October while they were staying in a house here in 1841. |
| 1880 | - | Salta | - | Unknown | - | She died in Salta on 5 September 1880. |
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Education for girls (Bolivia)Biography:
Born in Salta in 1818, she was a friend of Juana Manuela Gorriti.
She met Unitarian General Juan Lavalle in 1841 when he arrived in Salta defeated by the federales. She accompanied him on his campaigns as a lover, nurse and seamstress and was with him on 9 October 1841 when he was attacked and killed while staying at a house in Jujuy. She then marched to Bolivia with the funeral cortege and stayed there as a teacher. She lived in Sucre, La Paz, Coquimbo, Lima and Guayaquil, also working as a teacher. In Lima she wanted to become a nun, but ill health prevented her from doing so. She returned to Salta in 1880 and died there on 5 September 1880. (Sosa de Newton, 85)
References:
Sosa de Newton, Lily (1986) Diccionario biográfico de mujeres argentinas