Análisis de los sistemas vestimentarios de las mujeres que participaron en la Independencia de Ecuador

Abstract

The present research project seeks to make visible the participation of women in the independence process, where the character of the guaracha emerges, women of popular class who accompanied the libertarian troops and were of vital importance for the survival of the soldiers, which seeks to make visible as a contributor to the independent of the country as a woman. These brave women also had a presence in different independence troops of Latin American countries, in Colombia they were identified as Juanas, in Peru as Rabonas. As well as Manuela Sáenz did, who came to question the traditional paper of women, for which the objective of analyzing the clothing of woman who participated in the independence of Ecuador has been presented. As a methodology it has been found that it belongs to the qualitative, which analyzes in a descriptive and detailed way the study, investigating and assembling records of the characters involved within the study. The results have thus been obtained in the form of semi-structured and triangulated interviews, as well as bibliographic files and observation sheets.