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Ten notable women of colonial Latin America / James D. Henderson, Linda R. Henderson, and Suzanne M. Litrel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henderson, James D., 1942- author.
- Henderson, Linda Roddy, 1944- author.
- Litrel, Suzanne, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Latin America--Biography.
- Women.
- Latin America--History--To 1830--Biography.
- Latin America.
- Physical Description:
- v, 255 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]
- Summary:
- "In the seventeenth century, Catalina de Erauso, at age sixteen a renegade Basque nun, escaped from her convent and traveled to the New World, eventually reaching Peru. She became an outlaw and a crossdresser with a price on her head. Yet she ended her days absolved by both the King of Spain and the Pope, the latter of whom granted her permission to dress as a man for the remainder of her life. The Nun Ensign passed her final years guarding silver shipments on the Mexico City-Veracruz highway. The life of the Nun Ensign highlights not just her extraordinary life but also the opportunities seized by women in colonial Latin America. This book profiles the Nun Ensign and nine other women of colonial Latin America, offering an alternate method for understanding the region and its history. The ten figures span different ethnic, geographic, occupational, and class backgrounds. Through their stories, the reader comes away with an enriched understanding of colonial Latin American history"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Anacaona, 1464?
- 1503
- ch. 2 Malinche, 1504?
- 1528?
- ch. 3 Ines de Suarez, 1507
- 1572?
- ch. 4 Saint Rose of Lima, 1586
- 1617
- ch. 5 The Nun Ensign, 1585 or 1592
- 1650?
- ch. 6 Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, 1651
- 1695
- ch. 7 Chica da Silva, 17337
- 1796
- ch. 8 Micaela Bastidas, 1745
- 1781
- ch. 9 La Pola, 1795
- 1817
- ch. 10 Manuela Saenz, 1797
- 1856.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Henderson, James D., 1942- Ten notable women of colonial Latin America
- ISBN:
- 9781538152997
- 1538152991
- 9781538153000
- 1538153009
- OCLC:
- 1336991308
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