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Names of the 13 women with
whom Josefa was accused of conspiring:
Leona Vicario
Mariana R. del Toro de Lazarin
Cayetana Baeza
Rita Perez de Moreno
Maria Femina Rivera
Manuela C. de Bustamante
Gertrudis Rueda de Bravo
Maria Manuel Molina
Rafaela Lopez de Rayon
Altagracia Mercado
Manuela Medina
Petra Teruel
Gertrudis Bocanegra |
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Born
in the city of Queretaro under the Viceroyalty
of New Spain on March 19, 1771, to Don Juan Jose Ortiz
and Manuela Giron, Josefa Ortiz
married Miguel Dominguez
in 1793 and together they came to hold an important place
in the society of Queretaro and the history of Mexico.
She
and her husband spoke out as one against the injustices
done to the indigenous peoples
and lower classes.
Josefa
was instrumental in liberating Mexico
from 200 years spent under the flag of New Spain and returning
the flag of Mexico to it's rightful place.
She
was accused of forming a conspiracy against
the Viceroyalty with 13 other women whose names are engraved
on the right wall of the "prison of wood",
out of which the artist has represented her emerging.
Falling from her left wrist is a length of broken
chain. On the left-hand side of her "prison"
is carved the emblem of the Viceroyalty of New
Spain, from which she liberated herself and her
country.
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