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Marina Bartolome Dizon-Santiago (July 18, 1875 – October 25, 1950) a native of Tondo, Manila, was a heroine of the Philippine Revolution and one of the first women initiated into the Katipunan. She also kept important documents for the Katipunan. [1]
The Katipunan (lit. ' Association '), officially known as the Kataastaasang Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan [6] [7] [8] [a] (lit. ' Supreme and Venerable Association of the Children of the Nation '; Spanish: Suprema y Venerable Asociación de los Hijos del Pueblo) and abbreviated as the KKK, was a revolutionary organization founded in 1892 by a group of Filipino nationalists ...
Marcela had been an active member of the Katipunan and was promoted to the rank of general, leading her own platoon through skirmishes. It was rare and unexpected for a woman, but as opponents saw her fight, she was hailed as Selang Bagsik. Marcela gathered and trained young members of the Katipunan ranging from 14 to 18 years old.
Gregoria de Jesús y Álvarez (May 9, 1875 – March 15, 1943), also known by her nickname Oriang, [1] acted as secretary of the women's section and also the custodian of the documents and seal of the Katipunan. [1] [2] She married Andrés Bonifacio, the Supremo of the Katipunan and President of the Katagalugan Revolutionary
War broke out between the Filipinos and Spanish in 1896, and Magbanua became a member of the Katipunan revolutionaries. While the Katipunan "largely excluded (women) from the revolutionary army", the movement also recognized the role women had played in the struggle against the Spanish, [ 11 ] so much so that the Katipunan organized a women's ...
Bonifacio was born in Tondo, Manila.Her father was Santiago Bonifacio of Taguig, a tailor who served as a teniente mayor of Tondo, Manila.Her mother was Catalina de Castro, a native of Cabangan, Zambales, a mestiza born of a Spanish father and a Filipino-Chinese mother who was a supervisor at a cigarette factory.
Melchora Aquino was born on January 6, 1812, in Barrio Banlat, Caloocan (the present-day Barangay Tandang Sora, Quezon City). [2] Having been born on the feast of the Epiphany, she was named after Melchior, one of the Three Wise Men.
Marcela Coronel Mariño was born on June 24, 1859, in Taal, Batangas, Philippines [7] to Don Francisco Diokno Mariño and Doña Eugenia Coronel Mariño. She grew up in her ancestral Mariño house in Taal, Batangas built in the 1770s by her grandparents, Don Andres Sauza Mariño and Doña Eugenia Diokno Mariño.