Macacha Güemes

{{short description|Argentine heroine}}

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Macacha Güemes (full name María Magdalena Dámasa de Güemes) (1787-1866) was an Argentine heroine.{{Cite book |last=Adamovsky |first=Ezequiel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=93jrEAAAQBAJ&dq=Macacha+G%C3%BCemes&pg=PT42 |title=A History of Argentina: From the Spanish Conquest to the Present |date=2024-01-05 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=978-1-4780-2752-2 |language=en}} A sister of Martín Miguel de Güemes, she, alongside her sister Francisca Güemes, is considered as a heroine of the Argentine War of Independence for her participation in the Gaucho War, during the war of independence.{{Cite book |last=Luis |first=Balbachan Eduardo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vAOoEAAAQBAJ&q=Francisca+G%C3%BCemes&pg=PA426 |title=LOS IGNORADOS PASAJES DE BUENOS AIRES. UNA SINFONÍA DE PASAJES PEATONALES |date=2023-01-17 |publisher=Nobuko/Diseño editorial |isbn=978-1-64360-588-3 |language=es}}{{Cite book |last=Ruibal |first=Marcelo G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S4WREAAAQBAJ&dq=Francisca+G%C3%BCemes&pg=PT6 |title=Macacha Güemes |date=2022-09-28 |publisher=Ediciones Universidad Católica de Salta |isbn=978-950-623-268-9 |language=es}}