Maria Fermina Rivera

Maria Fermina Rivera was an insurgent in the Mexican War of Independence where she was a part of Vincente Guerrero's small force. Rivera was born in Tlaltizapán, in what today is the state of Morelos. In 1821, Rivera accompanied her husband into combat with Guerrero’s forces and continued fighting for independence throughout the last years of the war. Maria Fermina Rivera was a brave female insurgent who did not sit back and let the men do all of the fighting on their own, but she stood right there by her husband’s side and fought with him in Guerrero’s army.

Death

She was killed in action while fighting in Guerrero’s army in Chichihualco, Guerrero, in 1821.