Manuela Medina

Manuela Medina (1780-1822) was a national heroine who fought on the forefront of combat during the Mexican War of Independence. She was a Native American from Texcoco.

She fought with Jose Maria Morelos and was not only a soldier in the army but a captain. She was the first captain of the rebel forces to lead her troops into royalist fire and succeeded against the Spanish King's soldiers.^[1]

The last of her seven battles was in early 1821 where she was wounded twice. She eventually died of these wounds in 1822.^[2]

References

^ Adams, Jerome (1995). Twenty-nine Leaders, Rebels, Poets, Battlers, and Spies, 1500-1900. McFarland. p. 137.
^ Adams, Jerome (1995). Notable Latin American Women: Twenty-nine Leaders, Rebels, Poets, Battlers, and Spies, 1500-1900. McFarland. p. 137.

Secretaría de Educación Pública. Comisión Nacional de Libros de Texto Gratuitos. (2007) (en español). Historia. Cuarto Grado. ISBN 978-968-01-1655-3.

[1] Adams, Jerome (1995). Twenty-nine Leaders, Rebels, Poets, Battlers, and Spies, 1500-1900. McFarland. p. 137.

[2] Adams, Jerome (1995). Notable Latin American Women: Twenty-nine Leaders, Rebels, Poets, Battlers, and Spies, 1500-1900. McFarland. p. 137.

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