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In Her Own Voice - Doña Teresa Aguilera y Roche

The story of the only woman in NM arrested by the inquisition.

Aired 08/20/2010 | Rating NR

Moments in Time

In Her Own Voice - Doña Teresa Aguilera y Roche

Special | 6m 16sVideo has Closed Captions

The story of the only woman in NM arrested by the inquisition.

The only woman in New Mexico arrested by the Inquisition on the account of secretly being Jewish... Learn the fascinating story of Doña Teresa Aguilera y Roche, the wife of Santa Fe's colonial governor Don Bernardo López de Mendizábal. While imprisoned in Mexico City she asks for a pen and paper and writes her defense laying bare what life was like in the Palace of the Governors at that time.

Aired 08/20/2010 | Rating NR

Moments in Time is a local public television program presented by NMPBS

Moments in Time

In Her Own Voice - Doña Teresa Aguilera y Roche

Special | 6m 16sVideo has Closed Captions

The only woman in New Mexico arrested by the Inquisition on the account of secretly being Jewish... Learn the fascinating story of Doña Teresa Aguilera y Roche, the wife of Santa Fe's colonial governor Don Bernardo López de Mendizábal. While imprisoned in Mexico City she asks for a pen and paper and writes her defense laying bare what life was like in the Palace of the Governors at that time.

Aired 08/20/2010 | Rating NR

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