Manuela Medina (1780-1822) was a national heroine who fought on the forefront of combat during the

Mexican War of Independence The Mexican War of Independence ( es, Guerra de Independencia de México, links=no, 16 September 1810 – 27 September 1821) was an armed conflict and political process resulting in Mexico's independence from Spain. It was not a single, co ...

. She was a Native American from Texcoco. She fought with

José María Morelos José María Teclo Morelos Pérez y Pavón () (30 September 1765 – 22 December 1815) was a Mexican Catholic priest, statesman and military leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of ...

and was not only a soldier in the army but an officer. She was the first captain of the rebel forces to lead her troops into royalist fire and succeeded against the royalist soldiers. The last of her seven battles was in early 1821 where she was wounded twice. She eventually died of these wounds in 1822. She is mentioned in Mexican elementary school textbooks issued by the Secretariat of Education (SEP) as a heroine of the independence movement.Secretaría de Educación Pública. Comisión Nacional de Libros de Texto Gratuitos. (2007) (en español). Historia. Cuarto Grado.

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* Secretaría de Educación Pública. Comisión Nacional de Libros de Texto Gratuitos. (2007) (en español). Historia. Cuarto Grado. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Medina, Manuela 1780 births 1822 deaths Women in 19th-century warfare People of the Mexican War of Independence Women in the Mexican War of Independence 19th-century Mexican women 19th-century Mexican people 18th-century Mexican women People from Texcoco, State of Mexico Women in Mexico 18th-century Mexican people