El papel político de las mujeres en la guerra de los mil días

Abstract

Over time, our society has been permeated by multiple ways of perceiving reality, and as is to be expected, the conflict between these different forms becomes evident, we are a society in constant conflict, the various positions facing a specific event. , have not only unleashed disagreements and disagreements, but also war conflicts that in their wake generate transformations and new social and cultural dynamics. The Thousand Days War is undoubtedly one of the most relevant events in the history of Colombia, it is considered by many to be the bloodiest war of the time, however currently there are other conflicts in Colombian territory that have left more victims and dead. However, as in most cases, the trigger for this contest was directly related to political and economic aspects between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party. It should be noted that there were many men who risked their lives in the war, notwithstanding the women who at that time were related almost exclusively to their work in the home and the family, also took an active part in this contest, performing different roles, from cooks to armed militants of the troops. Today only a small part of history rescues their actions, in most cases these have been made invisible and taken to the plane of oblivion, having as their only reference to revolutionary women, characters such as Policarpa Salavarrieta, María Cano and Antonia Santos , who were not part of this war, and who without discrediting their work, were not and should not be the only references in the collective memory of empowered women in Colombia.