Melchora Aquino

Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):

JANUARY 6, 1812

Melchora Aquino de Ramos (January 6, 1812 – March 2, 1919), a Filipina revolutionary popularly known as "Tandang Sora" was born in Balintawak, Caloocan. 

She took care of her six children after her husband Fulgencio Ramos, a cabeza de barrio (village chief) died. 

During the revolution, at the age of 84, she fed, nursed and gave advises to the revolutionaries. 

Her store became a place for the sick and wounded while her house was where secret meetings of the Katipunan were held. 

She was later arrested by the Spanish authorities and exiled to Guam.

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