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Manuela Sáenz

1797 - 1856

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Manuela Sáenz de Vergara y Aizpuru (Quito, Viceroyalty of New Granada, 27 December 1797 – Peru, 23 November 1856) was an Ecuadorian revolutionary heroine of South America who supported the revolutionary cause by gathering information, distributing leaflets and protesting for women's rights. Manuela received the Order of the Sun ("Caballeresa del Sol" or 'Dame of the Sun'), honoring her services in the revolution. Sáenz married a wealthy English doctor in 1817 and became a socialite in Lima, Peru. This provided the setting for involvement in political and military affairs, and she became active in support of revolutionary efforts. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Manuela Sáenz is the 183rd most popular social activist (up from 190th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Ecuador and the most popular Ecuadorean Social Activist.

Manuela Sáenz is most famous for being the mistress of Simón Bolívar, the liberator of much of South America.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Manuela Sáenz ranks 183 out of 840. Before her are Paul Watson, Chico Mendes, Paul Schäfer, Gretl Braun, Vinoba Bhave, and Jan Karski. After her are Klaus Störtebeker, Carl Oberg, Kailash Satyarthi, Billy Milligan, Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, and Rudi Dutschke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1797, Manuela Sáenz ranks 26. Before her are Maria Isabel of Braganza, Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg, Wilhelm Beer, Carlo Blasis, Carl Gustaf Mosander, and Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille. After her are James Ferguson, Ida Laura Pfeiffer, Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, and Sojourner Truth. Among people deceased in 1856, Manuela Sáenz ranks 17. Before her are Ľudovít Štúr, Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, Princess Pauline of Württemberg, Wilhelm von Biela, and Théodore Chassériau. After her are 11th Dalai Lama, Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, David d'Angers, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, Farkas Bolyai, and Princess Elisabeth of Savoy.

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In Ecuador

Among people born in Ecuador, Manuela Sáenz ranks 5 out of 147. Before her are Huayna Capac (1476), Guillermo Lasso (1955), Rafael Correa (1963), and Alfredo Palacio (1939). After her are Lenín Moreno (1953), María Capovilla (1889), Gabriel García Moreno (1821), Alberto Spencer (1937), José María Velasco Ibarra (1893), Frederick Ashton (1904), and Gustavo Noboa (1937).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Ecuador

Among social activists born in Ecuador, Manuela Sáenz ranks 1. After her are Osvaldo Hurtado (1939), and Helena Gualinga (2002).

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