Rosario Ortiz | |
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Born |
Concepción, Chile | 10 October 1827
Resting place | General Cemetery of Concepción |
Other names | La Monche |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, activist |
Rosario Ortiz (born 10 October 1827; [1] year of death unknown), also known by the nickname La Monche, was a Chilean political activist who supported the Revolution of 1859, led by General José María de la Cruz against President Manuel Montt. [2]
She recruited soldiers for this cause and enlisted as a vivandera ( sutler) in the Army of the South, fighting in the Battle of Loncomilla. [2]
In the Revolution of 1859 she returned to take up arms against Montt as part of the revolutionary troops of Alemparte. She eventually reached the rank of captain. [3]
La Monche is also recognized as one of the first women journalists in Chile, [3] and the first woman to write for a newspaper in Concepción. She contributed to El Correo del Pueblo and Revista del Sur as a fervent opponent of Montt. [2]
Her remains lie in a modest grave in the General Cemetery of Concepción , with an epitaph which reads: "Here lies La Monche, lived and died for freedom. A worker." [2]