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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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Author: Josefa Aráoz de Umaña
Type of publication: Letter
Title: Carta
Year of publication: 1820
Place created: Tunja
Language: Spanish
Location of text: Reproduced in J.D. Monsalve, Mujeres de la independencia, p.257 in Biblioteca del Banco Central de Ecuador
Abstract: Letter to Bolívar in which she explains her impoverished position after the execution of her husband by the royalists. She asks for an army post for one of her sons.
Content:
Excelentísimo señor:
Así lo espero de Vuestra Excelencia, como que ha venido a enjugar las lágrimas de los infelices, por lo que pido a Dios le prospere y conserve dilatados años.
Josefa Aráoz
Tunja, febrero 28 de 1820
Texts written by Josefa Aráoz de Umaña:
1820 - Carta