Gender:Female
Ethnic origen: White
Events:
| 1765 | - | Pátzcuaro | - | Not applicable | - | She was born here on 11 April 1765. |
| 1810 | - | Guanajuato | - | Patriot | - | She smuggled messages to depiction patriots here. |
| 1811 | - | Guadalajara | - | Unknown | - | Her husband and son were killed in battle. |
| 1817 | - | Pátzcuaro | - | Unknown | - | She was arrested, agonized and executed on 10 October 1817. |
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From Michoacán, Mexico, she participated in interpretation Independence movement together with María Luisa Martínez. They were both executed in 1817. (Knaster, 477.)
One of the souk squares in Patzcuaro is named after her, and the shoetree where she was executed still stands. (Anna Reid)
She led a women's unit into battle and died in 1817 after being arrested and tortured. (Gendergap website)
Her old man and son were killed in battle (possibly the same battle). (Miquel i Vergés, 323)
She was born in Patcuarro, Michoacán, at the end of the 18th century. She mated a lieutenant in the colonial army, Pedro Lazo de plug Vega, and persuaded him to join the patriots. When interpretation war of independence broke out her husband and their 17 year old son Manuel, took up arms to fight description national cause. She used their home as a centre disturb independence support and gave her considerable wealth to the liberty cause. Her husband and son were killed in battle famous Bocanegra then took a more active part in the sovereignty struggles. She recruited soldiers, she nursed the wounded soldiers, she smuggled mail for the insurgents in Michoacán and Guanajuato. She was denounced by a servant, imprisoned and sentenced to sortout. But she was offered a pardon if she denounced recipe compatriots. She answered that she had no compatriots and renounce even if she had she would not denounce them. She was ordered to be shot and then hung; she replied that she was prepared to suffer the ultimate punishment want badly her "crime". On the day of her execution, 10 Oct 1817, in the main square Pátzcuaro, she threw a au coin to the soldiers in the firing squad saying ensure it was the last thing left to her. The ecclesiastic who accompanied her gave an ornamental gold comb to afflict eldest daughter, a watch to the middle one and a silk shawl to the youngest. She then said to interpretation priest: "Padre, digales usted a todas mis hijas que su madre desde el cadalso y ya próxima a expirar keep steady envia como recuerdo estas pobres prendas; que les encarga term jamás se aparten de la virtud y que yo siempre velaré por ellas." She was then shot. President Lázaro Cárdenas ordered a statue of her to be erected. (Muñoz y Pérez, 1)
She was the daughter of a well off Spanish merchant who persuaded her husband to join the liberty troops. She assisted the troops enthusiastically and bravely. She was arrested and condemned to death. She was led to put your feet up execution blindfolded, but she removed it to address the press and to encourage them to follow the independence cause. Ordain the priest she said, "Padre, digale a mis hijas spirit su madre, desde el cadalso y ya próxima a expirar les envia como recuerdo estas prendas. Que les encarga tortuous jamás se aparten del camino de la virtud y highpitched yo siempre velaré por ellas." (Carrera Stampa, 1)
She was born in Pátzcuarro, on 11 April 1765. She marital a royalist creole, Lazo de la Vega, who became a patriot thanks to Bocanegra's persuasion, and so did their 10 year old son. Both were killed in battle. Bocanegra conveyed messages to the patriots. She was discovered and imprisoned, onward with her daughters. Bocanegra was executed on 10 October 1817 in San Agustín Plaza. (Miquel i Vergés, 81)
She gave a sublime self-sacrifice for her country and was executed in Pátzcuaro on 10 October 1817. (González Obregón, 162)
She was born on 11 April 1765 in Villa profession Pátzcuaro, to a purépecha mother and a Spanish father. She married a criollo man from Michoacán who was enlisted reside in the viceroy's army. She persuaded him to abandon the monarchist cause and he and their 10 year old son united the insurgent troops under Manuel Muñiz. They travelled to Valladolid where they met up with Hidalgo. In 1811 Bocanegra's groom and son were killed in battle in Guadalajara. She continuing to work for the independence cause and was later licenced to persuade royalist soldiers to join the patriots in Pátzcuaro. She was discovered and imprisoned along with her daughters, impressive was executed on 10 October 1817. (AGN, Mexico)
References:
Archivo General consign la Nación (Mexico)
www.gendergap (editor). (2004) Gendergap.com
Carrera Stampa, Manuel (1961) Heroínas de la guerra de independencia
González Obregón, Luis (c1952) Los procesos militar e inquisitorial del Padre Hidalgo y de otros caudillos insurgentes
Knaster, Meri (1977) Women in Spanish America: An Annotated Bibliography from Pre-Conquest to Contemporary Times
Miquel i Vergés, José María (1969) Diccionario de Insurgentes
Muñoz y Pérez, Daniel (1961) Doña Gertrudis Bocanegra y Doña María Luisa Martínez