María de las Mercedes Barbudo, Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island (born 1773)

María de las Mercedes Barbudo

Puerto Rican activist

María de las Mercedes Barbudo was a Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island, and a "Freedom Fighter". At the time, the Puerto Rican independence movement had ties with the Venezuelan rebels led by Simón Bolívar.