Petra Vela de Vidal Kenedy

Engraved portrait of Petra Vela de Vidal Kenedy, taken from a photograph

Petra Vela de Vidal Kenedy (31 January 1823 – 16 March 1885) was a Mexican rancher, philanthropist, and matriarch of one of the most influential families in South Texas during the nineteenth century.[1] She was one of the few 19th-century upper-class women of Mexican origin in Texas.[2]

  1. ^ Monday, Jane Clements (2007). Petra's legacy : the South Texas ranching empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin Kenedy. Vick, Frances Brannen, 1935- (1st ed.). College Station: Texas A & M University Press. ISBN 9781603444606. OCLC 650017825.
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