Feminist/Suffragist, Writer, Beauty Queen; 1886-1954
This half-Filipina, half-Spanish dalaga not only made hearts flutter with her beauty, but, during the early years of our republic, made our country rise to greater heights because of her passion and advocacy.
Only 20 years old, “she already felt the sublime and self-imposed mission of working for the rights of Filipino women”. That year, she organized a group to fight for the right to vote of women; their credo: “What a man can do, a woman can do as well.”
She was the one who later encouraged Assemblyman Filemon Sotto of Cebu to present the first bill on woman suffrage before the first Philippine Assembly in 1907.
via majorityfemmmme
