Ana Monterroso de Lavalleja, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Uruguayan patriot
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Place of Birth: Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay
About Ana Monterroso de Lavalleja
- Ana Micaela Monterroso de Lavalleja (3 September 1791 – 28 March 1858) was an Uruguayan woman who was the wife of Juan Antonio Lavalleja and traveled with Lavalleja and participating in the politics of the world around her.
- Whether or not Lavallejas was present in the household, Monterroso ran the family's affairs and would actively aid the resistance to the Portuguese and the government of Fructuoso Rivera.
- She and Lavalleja would have ten children, some of whom died young.
- She, along with Melchora Cuenca and Cayetana Leguizamón, represent the involvement of women in the early history of modern Uruguay.
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