The name Patricias Argentinas is a tribute that in Argentina was made to the first fourteen ladies of Buenos Aires society that on May 30 , 1812, they subscribed to donate each one the money necessary to buy a rifle , since the incipient state was He was in a bad economic situation and could not afford the arms necessary to maintain the Liberation Army . This denomination extended over time to other Creole ladies who collaborated, either with their goods or with their actions, to the progressive Argentine Independence .

Each of the rifles acquired by the patricians bore the name of the donor so that at the moment of triumph they could exclaim: " I armed the arm of this brave man to assure his glory and our freedom ".

The ladies who subscribed were: Tomasa de la Quintana , María de los Remedios de Escalada , María de las Nieves de Escalada , María Eugenia de Escalada de Demaría , María de la Quintana , María Sánchez de Thompson , Carmen de la Quintanilla de Alvear , Ramona Esquivel and Aldao , Petrona Bernardina Cordero , Rufina de Orma , Isabel Calvimontes de Agrelo , Magdalena de Castro de Herrero , Ángela Castelli de Irgazábal and María de la Encarnación Andonaégui de Valdepares .