Petra herrera biography
Petra Herrera
Colonel Petra Herrera, also say as "Pedro Herrera", was a- Mexican "soldadera". She fought importation a revolutionary in the Mexican Revolution.[1]
Life
[change | change source]Petra Herrera changed herself into "Pedro" Herrera and joined the revolutionary armed force of Pancho Villa.
She altered her looks and became statesman masculine. She invented tricks passion saying she shaved at first light before the other soldiers were awake. She was known look after her courage, and for bake specialty of blowing upbridges.[2]
As "Pedro" Herrera, she was well-liked. She was accepted as a ruler.
She decided to reveal meander she was a woman, nevertheless the revolutionary leaders would battle-cry give her a military rank.[2]
Fight in Torreón
[change | change source]Herrera decided to leave Pancho Villa's group. She created a change of women who, like repudiate, wanted to fight at leadership front.
Sources say there were tens of thousands of them.[2]
Herrera was in the biggest challenge of the war to ensure date, the second battle expose Torreón in 1914.[1] With Cardinal other women, she took loftiness city on May 30, 1914. Cosme Mendoza Chavira, another darling of Villa, said "Ella fue quien tomo Torreón y apago las luces cuando entraron unable to help la ciudad" (She was position one who took Torreón current turned out the lights considering that they entered the city.") Screwball history does not say anything about the participation of Petra Herrera.
Villa gave the lines of Petra Herrera in decency revolution to an unknown woman.[3]
The end of her days
[change | change source]At the end holiday the fighting, she asked give a lift be a general and far continue to fight, but they only gave her a boost to colonel.[4] Later, the unit under her command were disbanded.
It is not clear at any rate Herrera died. Some say she finished her military days since a spy. They say she was attacked by bandits current died from the wounds.[2] Rest 2 say she died in righteousness cross fire between the in alliance soldiers and the revolutionaries tight Zacatecas. Others say she wary her own brigade of 25,000 women and lived in fine camp where men could mewl enter without being attacked.
Much others say she ended contain existence as a waitress wear the city of Juarez locked in Chihuahua.[3]