Leona Vicario, the Mother of Mexican Independence | Episode 79

Carmen in Uniform

Carmen in Uniform

Leona Vicario was a well-educated young woman of nobility who grew up in Spanish colonial Mexico. After beginning a relationship with a revolutionary named Quintana Roo, Leona made it her mission to help Mexico gain Independence - and spent a majority of her fortune funding the revolutionary effort. When Spanish investigators learned of her involvement, she fled, and continued her fight for independence as a boots-on-the-ground revolutionary. Leona was one seriously bad bitch.

INTRO - 09:48:  Deanna shares the latest listacle from Buzzfeed about Americans strange drinking habits.

10:50 - 42:30: Hannah tells us about our person of the week, Leona Vicario.

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