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

Reference details

Type of publication: Book

Author: Grez, Vicente

Year of publication: 1966

Title of work: Las mujeres de la independencia

Publisher: Empresa Zigzag (Santiago de Chile)

Keywords: Women, independence.

Notes: Consulted in Biblioteca Nacional, Santiago. First published in 1878. Includes many salient details, but few sources and the tone is very glorified. Grez (1843-1909) was also a novelist, which perhaps explains his style.

People referenced in this work:
Agueda Monasterio de Lattapiat (pp. 67-70.) Grez does not provide the names of the "democratic force of the revolution".
Ana María del Rosario Pérez Cotapos y de la Lastra de Carrera (pp. 54) He claims that this is a quote from Mary Graham, although the style seems far more like Grez's than Graham's.
Antonia Salas (pp. 101-103)
Antonio José de Irisarri (pp. 63) No further details.
Argomedo (pp. 63)
Bernardo Vera y Pintado (pp. 63)
Candelaria Soto (pp. 97-100) Extract from a letter from Juan Egaña to his daughter, from his exile in Juan Fernández in which he writes about Candelaria Soto.
Francisca Javiera Eudoxia Carrera Verdugo de Díaz Valdés (pp. 53-62) Unfortunately no sources are given for these details. This book was first published in 1878. Page 55 is a direct quote, but Grez does not give the source, it was someone who knew her.
Fray Camilo Henríquez (pp. 49-52)
Gaspar Marín (pp. 63-65)
José Miguel Carrera Verdugo (pp. 55-62)
Juan Egaña (pp. 97-100)
Juan José Carrera Verdugo (pp. 55-62)
Juan MacKenna (pp. 63)
Juan Martínez de Rozas (pp. 89)
Juana Lattapiat Monasterio (pp. 67-70)
Luis Florentino Carrera Verdugo (pp. 55-62)
Luisa Recabarren de Marín (pp. 63-66)
Manuel Rodríguez (pp. 66)
Manuela Rozas (pp. 89-91)
María Cornelia Olivares (pp. 93-95)
María del Rosario Carmen de las Mercedes Fuentecilla de Carrera (pp. 75-79)
Paula Jara Quemada (Jaraquemada) (pp. 85-87)
Rosario Rosales (pp. 71-73)