Patricias Argentinas
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The Patricias Argentinas (English: "Argentine Patricians"), also known as the Sociedad Patriótica (English: "Patriotic Society"), is an honorific title given to a group of fourteen elite women from Buenos Aires who, on 30 May 1812, each pledged to donate a rifle in support of the patriotic cause during the Argentine War of Independence.[1]
Signatures of the original list
[edit]- Tomasa de la Quintana
- María de los Remedios de Escalada
- María de las Nieves de Escalada
- María Eugenia de Escalada de Demaría
- María de la Quintana
- María Sánchez de Thompson
- Carmen de la Quintanilla de Alvear
- Ramona Esquivel y Aldao
- Petrona Bernardina Cordero
- Rufina de Orma
- Isabel Calvimontes de Agrelo
- Magdalena de Castro de Herrero
- Ángela Castelli de Irgazábal
- María de la Encarnación Andonaégui de Valdepares.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Damas patricias" (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: National Historical Museum. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- Cutolo, V. O. (1994). Buenos Aires: Historia de las calles y sus nombres. Buenos Aires: Elche. ISBN 950-99212-0-3.
External links
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