caption death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name
'' , portrait by mauricio rugendas -lrb- national historical museum -rrb- maría . sánchez de mendeville '' -lrb- 1845 -rrb- 23 october 1868 buenos aires , argentina buenos plata aires , viceroyalty of the río de la mariquita sánchez de thompson 01 november 1786 martín thompson maría sánchez de mendeville.jpg mariquita sánchez
 maría velazco y trillo josepha petrona de todos los santos sánchez de
mariquita sánchez

maría josepha petrona de todos los santos sánchez de velazco y trillo de thompson y mendeville , better known as mariquita sánchez de thompson -lrb- 1 november 1786 -- buenos aires , 23 october 1868 -rrb- , was a patriot from buenos aires and its leading `` salonnière '' , whose `` tertulia '' gathered all the leading personalities of her time .
she is widely remembered in the argentine historical tradition because the argentine national anthem was sung for the first time in her house , on 14 may 1813 .
one of the first politically active argentine women , mariquita sánchez de thompson has been considered the most active female figure in the revolutionary process .
she was also a pioneering advocate of the need for education for women .
she was born in buenos aires , and married her cousin , martín thompson , in 1805 .
she authored a description of the failed british invasions of buenos aires in 1806 and 1807 .
her writings are most valued for their illustration of the ambivalence felt by the locals regarding the invasions .
she became a widow in 1817 , and remarried in 1820 , this time to the french expatriate washington de mendeville .
during the rule of juan manuel de rosas , she went voluntarily to exile in montevideo , since her son juan was among the opposition to the government .
she returned to buenos aires after the battle of caseros .
