FromOurArchives: In celebration of women’s month, Rappler highlights 7 Filipinas whose stories should be remembered.
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine history is full of names who many have come to know as heroes: Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio, and Apolinario Mabini, to name only a few. But as the past shows, several female figures have also rightly earned their place in history.
Aside from her career in writing, Marquez-Benitez was also a champion of women’s education. She was among the founders of the Philippine Women’s University, which she established with Clara Aragon, Concepcion Aragon, Francisca Tirona Benitez, Carolina Ocampo Palma, Mercedes Rivera, and Socorro Marquez Zaballer.Trinidad Tecson is the first Filipina known to have taken part in the sacred blood pact or Sandugo.
With her Health, Heart, Head and Hand clubs, Orosa taught women in different provinces how to raise poultry, plan nutritious meals, and preserve food. She is also credited with inventing various products from native ingredients like calamansi, coconut, tamarind, and cassava and was known for creating the palayok – a clay oven which those who do not have access to electricity can cook with.
Kahabagan later joined the revolution against the Americans. She was then captured by American forces in 1902.A feminist, historian, and Rizalist, National Scientist Encarnacion Alzona was a pioneering woman in each endeavor she set her heart and mind on. like the conservative nature of the Philippine legislature – as one obstacle that hindered efforts to make women voters.
She later kept a low profile after the war and moved to California in 1969 where she worked as a clerk.– the third highest American military decoration awarded for “gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States.”
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