"As a Colombian, recovering the stories that are part of my tradition is an honor. I would have liked to have learned about Guaitipán when I went to school, but the story of this woman, an indigenous leader, was not part of the school textbooks. Guaitipán was a warrior leader who, together with her indigenous brothers, led for years one of the most powerful resistances against the Spanish conquest. Their history was made invisible by the Spanish because remembering it was giving the indigenous people a reason to feel proud, a reason to have hope and a reason to continue fighting. But, thanks to the oral tradition of the native peoples, the history of Guaitipán is still alive today. With 372 word families and 113 cognates, Guaitipán is an inspiring story of a revolutionary woman who fought alongside her people for their territories and to preserve their ways of life. The REVOLUCIONARIAS collection wants to show the important work that many Latin American women have done throughout history. Each book in this collection wants to highlight the work of a woman who fought for her ideals, at a specific historical moment. Thanks to them we are better. Thanks to them we live in a better world. Thanks to them we live in a world where there is more equality. Thanks to them, today's women can live with greater freedom. Revolutionaries: The women you should know about Latin America from colonization to the present day."--Provided by Amazon.