Leona Vicario, the Mother of Mexican Independence | Episode 79

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.

Fighters, Public Figure, Revolutionaries, LatinxGWBB PodcastOctober 9, 2019Leona VicarioComment