Maria de Estrada Farfan - Conquistadora

Lest we forget: María de Estrada Farfán: Sister of Francisco Estrada Farfán (who went with Narváez to New Spain), daughter of Juan Sánchez de Estrada, of Seville, also came with Narváez. Dorantes said that she did well as a conquistadora at the Noche Triste and Otumba. Muñoz Camargo wrote the same, adding that 'she fought well with sword and shield, with fury and spirit, on horseback and with a lance.'

This is but one of over a dozen women who fought along side the conquistadores in the conquest of Mexico.