María Quinteras de Meras
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María Quinteras de Meras was a Mexican revolutionary and soldadera who rose to the rank of colonel. She dressed as a man and fought in ten battles between 1910 and 1913. Her fighting was so fierce she was thought to have supernatural powers.[1]
De Meras joined Pancho Villa's army in 1910.[2] She fought alongside her husband, who was a captain under her command.[3] She refused payment for her services to the revolution.[4]
