Elisa Griensen

Born: 2 January 1888, Mexico
Died: 14 November 1972
Country most active: Mexico
Also known as: María Elisa Martiniana Griensen Zambrano

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Elisa Griensen Zambrano was a young woman from Parral, Chihuahua. At the age of 12, she was already a strong supporter of Villa and passionately opposed to U.S. forces. When she learned that the men of Parral were unwilling to fight Pershing’s troops in 1916, she assembled a group of women and children to meet Major Frank Tompkins and his soldiers at the city limits. The women and children, with sticks and guns, forced Major Tompkins and his troops to retreat from Parral, ordering the major to say, “Viva México, Viva Villa.”

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