Sunday, April 1, 2007

Filipino Woman Warriors















Melchora Aquino (Tandang Sora)- aided the Katipuneros, under the leadership of Adres Banifacio, by providing them food, shelter, and material goods.

Gregoria de Jesus - wife of Andres Bonifacio, founder of the Katipunan, and a hero of the Philippine revolution.

Leona Florentino - first poetess of the Philippines

Leonor Rivera - cousin and fiancee of national hero Jose Rizal, and main character of Rizal's "Noli Me Tangere".

Marcela Marino Agoncilla - founder of the filipino flag.

Maria Josefa Gabriela Silang - famous hero who died for freedom fighting the spanish in the late 17 hundreds.

Teresa Magbanua - first woman to fight in the Philippine Revolution, also known as the Visayan Joan of Arc.

Agueda Esteban - Katipunan member who communicated from Cavite to manila to buy ammunitions. She also carried secret messeges about planned offensives against the Spanish.

Marina Dizon - one of the first women to join the Katipunan, and supposedly carried secret documents.

1 comment:

jerrold said...

Melchora Aquino-
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/trans/tagalog/modules_in_

Gregoria de Jesus-
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Greg-de-Jesus.jpg/150px-Greg-de-Jesus.jpg

Leonor Rivera-
http://rizalslifewritings.tripod.com/images/Leonor%20Rivera%20-%20Picture%201.jpg

Marcela Marino Agoncilla-
http://park.org/Philippines/centennial/magonc.gif

Maria Josefa Gabriela Silang-
http://park.org/Philippines/centennial/gsilang.gif

Teresa Magbanua-
http://www.globalpinoy.com/ch/images/ch_heroes/teresamagbanua.jpg

Agueda Esteban-
http://www.globalpinoy.com/ch/images/ch_heroes/aguedaesteban.jpg

Marina Dizon-
http://jackeline.freehomepage.com/images/m_dizon.jpg