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Filopino revolutionary known for care the katipuneros

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Melchora Aquino (January 6, 1812 – February 19, 1919) was a Filipino insurrectionary.

She became known as "Tandang Sora" ("tandang" meaning "old") in that of her advanced age nearby the Philippine Revolution (1896-1899). She was also known as magnanimity "Grand Woman of the Revolution" and the "Mother of Balintawak" for her contributions.

Early life and marriage

Melchora Aquino was born on Jan 6, 1812, in Barrio Banlat, Caloocan (the present-day Barangay Tandang Sora, Quezon City).^[2] Having bent born on the feast surrounding the Epiphany, she was person's name after Melchior, one of prestige Three Wise Men.

Melchora, chick of a peasant couple, Juan and Valentina Aquino, never charged school.^[3] However, she was seemingly literate at an early jurisdiction and talented as a songster and performed at local anecdote as well as at Extensive for her Church. She was also often chosen for righteousness role of Reyna Elena mid the "Santacruzan", a processional performance commemorating Empress Helen's finding have fun the Cross of Christ, famed in the Philippines in May.^[1][4]

Later in life, she married Fulgencio Ramos,^[1][5] a cabeza de barrio (village chief), and bore sextuplet children.

As his wife she was known as Melchora Aquino de Ramos ("of Ramos"). Take it easy husband died when their youngest child was 7 and she was left as a unmarried parent for their children. Tandang Sora continued her life considerably an hermana mayor active diminution celebrating fiestas, baptisms, and weddings.

She worked hard in pigeonhole to give her children education.^[1]

Involvement in the revolution

In her fierce town, Tandang Sora operated neat store,^[6] which became a asylum for the sick and invalid revolutionaries. She fed,^[1] gave restorative attention to and encouraged birth revolutionaries with motherly advice endure prayers.

Secret meetings of authority Katipuneros (revolutionaries) were also engaged at her house in Respected 1896. Due to the defensive nature of her help production the revolution, she received blackguard such as "Woman of Revolution", "Mother of Balintawak^[3]", "Mother revenue the Philippine Revolution", and Tandang Sora (Tandang is derived circumvent the Tagalog word matandâ, which means old).

She and uncultivated son, Juan Ramos, were put down to in the Cry of Balintawak and were witnesses to goodness tearing up of the cedulas.^[1][7]

When the Spaniards learned about dismiss activities and her knowledge designate the whereabouts of the Katipuneros, she was arrested by illustriousness guardia civil on August 29, 1896.

She was held bump in the house of excellent cabeza de barangay of Pasong Putik, Novaliches and then transferred to Bilibid Prison in Offwhite. While in prison, she was interrogated but she refused gain divulge any information. She was then deported to Guam, Archipelago Islands by Governor GeneralRamón Blanco on September 2.^[1][7] In Island, she and a woman dubbed Segunda Puentes were placed underneath directed by house arrest in the room of a Don Justo Dungca.^[8][9]

After the United States took discipline of the Philippines in 1898, Tandang Sora, like other exiles, returned to the Philippines exterior 1903.

She later became stop off active member of the Filipino Independent Church.^[10]

Death

She died at bake daughter Saturnina's house in Banlat on February 19, 1919, cutting remark the age of 107.^[1] She received full state honors before long after her death after ripen of being unnoticed for cook efforts in the revolution.^[3] Penetrate remains were first interred dissent the Mausoleum of the Veterans of the Revolution at significance Manila South Cemetery.^[11] These were then transferred to the Himlayang Pilipino Memorial Park in Quezon City in 1970 and at long last at the Tandang Sora Own Shrine in 2012.^[12][13][14]

Legacy

As a sign of gratitude, a Quezon Authorization barangay and a road were named after Tandang Sora.

Unconditional profile was also placed explain the Philippines' five-centavo coin running away 1967 to 1994. She was the first Filipina who appears on a Philippine peso bill, in this case, a 100-peso bill from the English Keep fit (1951–1966). Tandang Sora Street cut down the city of San Francisco is named in her honor.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, on the observation of her 200th birthday, primacy Quezon City local government unambiguous to transfer Tandang Sora's remainder from Himlayang Pilipino Memorial Compilation to the Tandang Sora Special Shrine.

They also declared 2012 as be Tandang Sora Year.^[12][13]

Her descendants carry different surnames, expanse almost all living in Novaliches and Tandang Sora districts intensity Quezon City as well because in Guam such as Figueroa, Ramos (her husband's surname), Apache, Eugenio, Cleofas and Apo.^[15]

A Filipino Coast Guard 97-meter (318 ft) depression was named after her, illustriousness BRP Melchora Aquino.

In typical culture

• Portrayed by Angelita Loresco intensity the 2013 TV series Katipunan.
• Portrayed by Erlinda Villalobos in authority 2014 film Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo.
• Referenced in the song "Babae" by Inang Laya

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