Policarpa Salavarrieta, Colombian seamstress and spy (born 1795)

Policarpa Salavarrieta

Heroine of the Colombian War of Independence

Policarpa Salavarrieta Ríos, also known by her nickname of La Pola, was a Neogranadine seamstress who spied for the Revolutionary Forces during the Spanish Reconquista of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. She was captured by Spanish Royalists and ultimately executed for high…