Abstract

SERRANO GALVIS, Ana. Women’s Political Awareness during the Independence of Nueva Granada. The Case of Santafé between 1810 and 1820. Secuencia [online]. 2017, n.97, pp.61-103. ISSN 2395-8464.  https://doi.org/10.18234/secuencia.v0i97.1448.

This article explores the meaning for women of the independence of Nueva Granada, specifically in the capital of Santafé city between 1810 and 1820. To this end, it uses the concept of political awareness, which understands politics as going beyond explicit support for a political cause or group, which permits the inclusion of women who did not take sides and merely adapted to the circumstances in which they happened to live. It subsequently analyzes the way women’s political awareness regarding the right or wrong behavior of the authorities and the proposals of the various political factions fighting over power was expressed. The hypothesis put forward is that women, in addition to actively participating in political events and movements, also played a key role in the political culture of the time and contributed to its constant redefinition.

Keywords : political awareness; women; independence; Nueva Granada; gender.

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