Josefa Segovia

Josefa Segovia
Artist's impression of Segovia's hanging, from William Downie's Hunting for Gold, published 1893
Location	Downieville, California
Coordinates	39°34′03″N 120°48′44″W / 39.56750°N 120.81222°W / 39.56750; -120.81222
Date	July 5, 1851 (1851-07-05)

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Josefa Segovia, also known as Juanita or Josefa Loaiza, was a Mexican-American woman who was lynched by hanging in Downieville, California, on July 5, 1851. She is known as the first recorded Mexican woman to be lynched in California. Josefa is also an important figure in Chicana feminist theory as her case highlights the violence Mexican woman were facing at the time and the resistance against it.