workingclasshistory:On this day, 3 March 1816, Juana Azurduy, a mestiza woman of Quechua descent fro

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On this day, 3 March 1816, Juana Azurduy, a mestiza woman of Quechua descent from what now is Bolivia, led one of her anti-colonial military detachments, including a women’s unit known as the Amazonas, to victory in battle against Spanish troops near Villa.
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