My actions and opinions have always been extremely free. — Leona Vicario (image via Wikimedia) After Leona's well-to-do parents died in the early 1800s, she put her inheritance and social connections to immediate use: funding the independence movement in her native Mexico City. As a member of Los Guadalupes, a secret society of rebel informants, Leona collected intel from high-society parties and passed intelligence on to the fighters. She channeled money from her many bank accounts to pay for ammunition, rescues and more.
A Woman to Know: Leona Vicario
A Woman to Know: Leona Vicario
A Woman to Know: Leona Vicario
My actions and opinions have always been extremely free. — Leona Vicario (image via Wikimedia) After Leona's well-to-do parents died in the early 1800s, she put her inheritance and social connections to immediate use: funding the independence movement in her native Mexico City. As a member of Los Guadalupes, a secret society of rebel informants, Leona collected intel from high-society parties and passed intelligence on to the fighters. She channeled money from her many bank accounts to pay for ammunition, rescues and more.