Born: 19 November 1790, Bolivia
Died: 20 December 1855
Country most active: Argentina
Also known as: Isabel Calvimontes de Agrelo, Isabel Calvimontes Trujillo
The following is excerpted from “400 Outstanding Women of the World and the Costumology of Their Time” by Minna Moscherosch Schmidt, published in 1933.
She was a heroine of civil life during a period when the conditions in Argentina were chaotic. At fourteen years of age she married a young lawyer, Pedro Jose Agrelo, who was persistently persecuted by the Spanish rulers and finally deported. In 1810 the couple was active in the movement that brought the Revolution. She was one of the organizers of the famous “Sociedad Patriotica,” in which most of the Argentine women were associated, helping the armies, especially by providing guns and ammunition.
During the Civil Wars, her husband was deported several times.
She followed him and shared his hardships in exile. She is an example of loyalty to moral principles. She brought up a big family in poverty and exile, frequently alone and sometimes worried over the fate of her husband and the friends dearest to her heart. Her lot was that of many women during that stormy age.