Feb 12, 2024
Today we're talking about Manuela Sáenz, a political activist who helped to lead Simón Bolivar's vision of a Gran Columbia. She was notable for stopping multiple assassination attempts against him, becoming a spymaster of information, and also carrying a mustache around of her dead enemy?
Sources:
https://worldhistoryconnected.press.uillinois.edu/7.1/foote.html
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Manuela-Saenz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuela_S%C3%A1enz
https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/princesses/manuela-saenz