Encarnación Ezcurra
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Encarnación Ezcurra was an Argentine politician, wife of Juan Manuel de Rosas
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She was the daughter of Juan Ignacio Ezcurra and Teodora de Arguibel. She married Rosas
on March 16, 1813. She became her husband's most faithful follower, helping him in many difficult circumstances. Her role as the driving force behind the Revolución de los Restauradores and president of the Mazorca while her husband found himself overcoming the Conquest of the Desert
, secured him 17 years of control after 1835, as the aforementioned revolution unseated Juan Ramón Balcarce
and the aforementioned society put pressure on every government worker, assuring de Rosas public desire to return to government and forcing the Junta de Representantes, charged with the power to designate governors, to regard her husband as the only option to restore social order in the province.
Despite the triumph of her husband in the First Conquest of the Desert they gave her the title of Heroína de la Santa Federación (Heroine of the Holy Federation). It is particularly notable that in at a time when prejudices against women participating in politics ran high, Ezcurra achieved great responsibilities and a considerable following.
She died unexpectedly at the age of 43. Even today historians dispute the cause of her death although many believe that she died of cardiac arrest
or a similar condition. Her death, however, caused great grief among the people and the political establishment, so such so that 25,000 people (out of a total of 60,000 living in Buenos Aires at the time) attended her burial and her funeral procession from el Fuerte until the Convent of San Francisco. The funeral costs were paid for by the Junta de Representantes, whom Rosas formally thanked on November 1, 1838.
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas , was an argentine militar and politician, who was elected governor of the province of Buenos Aires in 1829 to 1835, and then of the Argentine Confederation from 1835 until 1852...
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She was the daughter of Juan Ignacio Ezcurra and Teodora de Arguibel. She married Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas , was an argentine militar and politician, who was elected governor of the province of Buenos Aires in 1829 to 1835, and then of the Argentine Confederation from 1835 until 1852...
on March 16, 1813. She became her husband's most faithful follower, helping him in many difficult circumstances. Her role as the driving force behind the Revolución de los Restauradores and president of the Mazorca while her husband found himself overcoming the Conquest of the Desert
Conquest of the Desert
The Conquest of the Desert was a military campaign directed mainly by General Julio Argentino Roca in the 1870s, which established Argentine dominance over Patagonia, which was inhabited by indigenous peoples...
, secured him 17 years of control after 1835, as the aforementioned revolution unseated Juan Ramón Balcarce
Juan Ramón Balcarce
Juan Ramón González de Balcarce was an Argentine military leader and politician.Juan was the older brother of Antonio González de Balcarce and of Marcos González de Balcarce. He fought against the British in 1807, and in the 1812 military campaign in Peru under General Manuel Belgrano. He was...
and the aforementioned society put pressure on every government worker, assuring de Rosas public desire to return to government and forcing the Junta de Representantes, charged with the power to designate governors, to regard her husband as the only option to restore social order in the province.
Despite the triumph of her husband in the First Conquest of the Desert they gave her the title of Heroína de la Santa Federación (Heroine of the Holy Federation). It is particularly notable that in at a time when prejudices against women participating in politics ran high, Ezcurra achieved great responsibilities and a considerable following.
She died unexpectedly at the age of 43. Even today historians dispute the cause of her death although many believe that she died of cardiac arrest
Cardiac arrest
Cardiac arrest, is the cessation of normal circulation of the blood due to failure of the heart to contract effectively...
or a similar condition. Her death, however, caused great grief among the people and the political establishment, so such so that 25,000 people (out of a total of 60,000 living in Buenos Aires at the time) attended her burial and her funeral procession from el Fuerte until the Convent of San Francisco. The funeral costs were paid for by the Junta de Representantes, whom Rosas formally thanked on November 1, 1838.