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Juana Azurduy de Padilla

Juana Azurduy de Padilla (1780-1862)
The Mother of Bolivian Independence
This revolutionary (and mother of five) should have been the namesake of Bolivia - and that's the opinion of Simon Bolivar, the actual namesake of Bolivia!

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