Teresa Magbanua
Teresa Magbanua y Ferraris, (October 13, 1868 – August 1947), earned the distinction of being the only woman to lead combat troops in the Visayas against Spanish and American forces. She was a member of the Katipunan that helped Andres Bonifacio and the members to fight the Spaniards because of what they did to Jose Rizal.
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“Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.”
—Mother Teresa (b. 1910)