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

Author: Francisco José de Caldas

Type of publication: Letter

Title: Carta

Year of publication: 181

Place created: Bogotá

Language: Spanish

Location of text: Quoted by Patricia Londoño, "El ideal femenino del siglo XIX en Colombia", in Velásquez Toro, Magdala; Reyes Cárdenas, Catalina; Rodríguz Jiménez, Pablo (eds.), Las mujeres en la historia de Colombia, Bogotá, 1995, pp.305-306.Extract from letter taken from Cartas de Caldas, Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Bogotá, Imprenta Nacional, 1978, pp.350-351. She has taken this quote from René de la Pedraja, "La mujer criolla y mestiza en la sociedad colonial, 1700-1830", Desarrollo y Sociedad, No.13, Enero de 1984, CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, p.212. in Robinson Library, University of Newcastle

Abstract: Short citation of a letter he wrote to his wife on learning of his forthcoming execution. As this is one sentence, it could easily be taken out of context: he may be telling her to bury herself in the family as a means of trying to confort her rather than a statement of his attitude towards women.

Content:
. . . no te olvidas jamás que tu primera obligación, la más sacrada y sobre la que se te tomará la más estrecha cuenta es el ciudado de la familia.

Texts written by Francisco José de Caldas:
181 - Carta