Women in History: Doña Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez - Kiosco of History

On September 8, 1768, in Valladolid (today Morelia), Michoacán, Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez was born. Known as the Corregidor, an honorary title given to her because she was the wife of the Corregidor de Querétaro, Don Miguel Domínguez. She studied at the College of San Ignacio de Loyola, known as the Colegio de la Paz or Las Vizcaínas, in Mexico City, where she taught to embroider, read, write and count. In 1791 she left the school and married th…