Ana Valverde

Valverde was born in 1798 in Santiago de los Caballeros, but she grew up in Santo Domingo. She was the daughter of José Valverde, a lawyer for the Real Audiencia of Hispaniola, and Dolores Fernández. Her brother, Manuel María Valverde, shared her revolutionary political views, and he became a hero of the Dominican Restoration War, which pushed Spain off the island and re-established the country as a republic. Valverde never married or had children, dedicating herself entirely to the fight for independence. She was aunt of President José Desiderio Valverde and first cousin-twice removed of Father Antonio Sánchez-Valverde. ==Revolutionary activities==

She worked manufacturing cartridges and bullets in the workshop set up at the Ravelo family home, alongside the Duarte sisters, especially Rosa; Froilana Febles; and the sisters Petronila and Altagracia Abreu y Delgado. These munitions were used in the fight for independence from Haiti and Spain in 1844 and 1863, respectively. ==Exile==

When Pedro Santana took power later in 1844, Valverde and her brother were temporarily exiled to Puerto Rico. She died in Santo Domingo in 1864. ==Recognitions==

Ana Valverde Street begins in Josefa Brea, in the Social Improvement neighborhood and ends in Carlos Nouel, in Villa Consuelo. ==See also==