Born: 1750 (circa), Colombia
Died: Unknown
Country most active: Colombia
Also known as: NA
The following is excerpted from “400 Outstanding Women of the World and the Costumology of Their Time” by Minna Moscherosch Schmidt, published in 1933.
Of This great Colombian patriot it is said the following by a historian: “A woman was the first one in Colombian territory who dared to tear up the symbol of Spanish domination in America, and the name of this woman has been ignored for a century. History revives her today and the Republic of Colombia grateful to her will not let her fall into oblivion.” The historian has referred to the great feat performed by this woman on the sixteenth of March, 1781 , when she tore up from the board on which it was pasted in a public square in the town of Socorro a certain Edict issued by the Spanish Colonial Government for the payment and collection of certain duties; she did this in the presence of a large crowd and saying at the same time these famous words, ‘’Long live the King and death to the bad government.”
Manuela Beltrain was a merchant, she had a store in the main plaza of Socorro and must have been a well respected and distinguished person as she was addressed as Dona Manuela.