Background
Josefa Ortiz died because of pleurisy on March 2, 1829, in Mexico City. His remains were exhumed and taken with great honors to Querétaro, where they rest.
Josefa Ortiz died because of pleurisy on March 2, 1829, in Mexico City. His remains were exhumed and taken with great honors to Querétaro, where they rest.
She was taken prisoner and held in the convent of Santa Catalina de Siena for three years. Released from prison, she was the subject of decorations and titles that she strongly rejected. He joined radical liberal groups sympathetic to the lodges.
In 1810 she met the priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and Captain Ignacio Allende, whom he informed of the development of the conspiracy in Querétaro. The royalists discovered where the weapons were kept for the October uprising, so Josefa persuaded his companions to advance the proclamation of independence to the month of September.
