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Manuela Sáenz de Vergara y Aizpuru (Quito, Viceroyalty of New Granada, 27 December 1797 – Peru, 23 November 1856) was an Ecuadorian revolutionary heroine of South America who supported the revolutionary cause by gathering information, distributing leaflets and protesting for women's rights.
Manuela Sáenz was the mistress to the South American liberator Simón Bolívar, whose revolutionary activities she shared. Sáenz was the illegitimate daughter of a Spanish gentleman, and the stigma of her birth caused many early hardships.
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Manuela Sáenz empezó a ser reconocida por la historiografía independentista hispanoamericana contemporánea en el siglo XX como una gran heroína y prócer en la gesta de la independencia y es considerada un símbolo del feminismo en América Latina.
Mar 10, 2022 · Manuelita Sáenz was a colonel, a military strategist, and a feminist icon in 19th-century South America. She had a passionate affair with Simón Bolívar, the Liberator, and saved his life multiple times from assassins.
Jul 21, 2019 · Manuela Sáenz was a noblewoman who fought for South American independence from Spain and saved Bolivar's life from assassins. She was a colonel, a hero, and a lover of Bolivar, who called her "the liberator of the liberator."
Mar 7, 2021 · Learn about the life and legacy of Manuela Sáenz, the illegitimate daughter, lover, and liberator of Simón Bolívar. Discover how she fought for independence, defied social norms, and inspired generations of women in Latin America.
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Oct 10, 2019 · Learn about the life and legacy of Manuela Sáenz, the Ecuadorian woman who fought for South American independence from Spanish colonial rule in the 19th Century. Listen to the podcast or radio broadcast of The Forum, a programme that explores the past to understand the present.
