Policarpa Salavarrieta Spy and revolutionary Who was she? Policarpa Salavarrieta, also known as La Pola, was a seamstress from New Granada, she was born on January 26, 1795 and she was executed on November 14, 1817 for high treason why was she so important to history? She worked as a women's seamstress of the royalists, while spying on the movements of their armies and sent the information to the patriotic guerrillas of the Eastern Plains. Historical fact Policarpa Salavarrieta participated in the cry for independence on July 20, 1810 and at the time of her public execution, she incited independence. Curious facts - Policarpa's portrait was captured on the 10 Colombian peso bill in honor of his struggle and courage -A few decades after its existence, in 1911, Bavaria released La Pola, a beer that honored Policarpa Salavarrieta in the celebration of the first centenary of independence bibliography https://mujeresbacanas.com/policarpa-salavarrieta/ https://www.larepublica.co/analisis/martin-jaramillo-3218427/una-pola-para-la-historia3229104
