María Quinteras de Meras
María Quinteras de Meras was a Mexican revolutionary and soldadera who rose to the rank of colonel. She dressed as a man and fought in ten battles between 1910 and 1913. Her fighting was so fierce she was thought to have supernatural powers.[1]
De Meras joined Pancho Villa's army in 1910.[2] She fought alongside her husband, who was a captain under her command.[3] She refused payment for her services to the revolution.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Fowler-Salamini, Heather (2003). Mujeres del campo mexicano, 1850-1990 (in Spanish). El Colegio de Michoacán A.C. p. 167. ISBN 978-970-679-104-7. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ Gabriela Cano, Soldaderas and Coronelas in Encyclopedia of Mexico, vol. 1, p. 1359. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn 1997.
- ^ Poniatowska, Elena (2006). Las soldaderas : women of the Mexican Revolution (1st ed.). El Paso: Cinco Puntos Press. ISBN 1933693045.
- ^ "The brave women of the Mexican Revolution". El Universal (in Spanish). 19 November 2019.
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