Ten notable women of colonial Latin America /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Henderson, James D., 1942- (Author), Henderson, Linda Roddy, 1944- (Author), Litrel, Suzanne (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023].
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Table of Contents:
  • Anacaona
  • Malinche
  • Ines de Suarez
  • Saint Rose of Lima
  • Nun Ensign
  • Sor Juana
  • Chica da Silva
  • Micaela Bastidas
  • La Pola
  • Manuela Saenz.