In celebration of Women’s Month, we highlight eight Filipinas whose stories should be told and remembered.
Trinidad Tecson (Photo from bulacan.gov.ph)
Trinidad Tecson
Known as the “Mother of Biak na Bato,” Trinidad Tecson was the first Filipina known to have taken part in “Sandugo” or a blood compact.
Tecson fought side-by-side with the revolutionary men. She fought 12 bloody battles in Bulacan.
Among her most valuable contributions in the Philippine revolution was the capture of firearms from a jail in San Isidro, Nueva Ecija after raiding a courthouse in Caloocan.
At one time, when the Katipuneros lacked firearms, Tecson with three companions went to a courthouse in Caloocan defeated the civil guards and seized their guns. She then led a group of five men and proceeded to a jail in San Isidore where he was able to capture more firearms after subduing the jail guards.