Question

According to Amy Lind, this person has become “a modern icon for feminists remaking the nation in the context of neoliberalism.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this person who, in an 1828 incident in Bogotá, led a group of mutinous officers in a wild goose chase, allowing her lover to escape out the window.
ANSWER: Manuela Sáenz [or Manuela Sáenz de Vergara y Aizpuru]
[10e] Manuela Sáenz saved this man from being deposed in the Septembrine Conspiracy, leading him to nickname her “Libertadora del Libertador” in reference to this man’s nickname as the “Liberator” of Spanish America.
ANSWER: Simón Bolívar [or Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco]
[10m] After a failed 1815 campaign, Bolívar went into exile on this island, where he wrote a famous letter outlining his vision for the future of Spanish America. Escaped slaves fought two Maroon Wars on this island.
ANSWER: Jamaica [accept Jamaica Letter or Letter from Jamaica or Carta de Jamaica; accept Jamaica Maroons]
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Columbia APenn State B10101030
Columbia BPenn State A0101020
Johns Hopkins ARowan A0101020
Johns Hopkins BPenn A0101020
Princeton ALehigh A010010
Haverford ARutgers A0101020
Rutgers CBard010010