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Javiera Carrera

Photograph at the Javiera Carrera Memorial

Francisca Xaviera Eudoxia Rudecinda Carmen de los Dolores de la Carrera y Verdugo (March 1, 1781 – August 20, 1862), better known as Javiera Carrera, was a Chilean independence activist. Together with her brothers José Miguel, Juan José and Luis, she was one of the leading figures of the early Chilean struggle for independence during the period known as the Patria Vieja ("Old Republic"). She is credited with having sewn the first national flag of Chile and is considered to be the "Mother of Chile". She was a member of one of the most aristocratic Chilean families, the Carrera family of Basque origin. who actively participated in the Chilean War of Independence.

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