Pancha Carrasco, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pancha Carrasco

Costa Rican chef

Date of Birth: 08-Apr-1816

Place of Birth: Cartago, Provincia de Cartago, Costa Rica

Date of Death: 31-Dec-1890

Profession: chef

Nationality: Costa Rica

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Pancha Carrasco (8 April 1816 – 31 December 1890), born Francisca Carrasco Jiménez, was Costa Rica's first woman in the military.
Carrasco is most famous for joining the defending forces at the Battle of Rivas in 1856 with a rifle and a pocketful of bullets.
The strength and determination she showed there made her a symbol of national pride and she was later honored with a Costa Rican postage stamp, a Coast Guard vessel, and the creation of the "Pancha Carrasco Police Women's Excellence Award".