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Great Filipina Women

Gabriela Silang was the first woman to lead a revolt against Spanish colonization in the Philippines in the 18th century. She took over leadership of the revolutionary force after her husband Diego Silang was killed, leading it for four months before being captured and executed. Hidilyn Diaz won the Philippines' first Olympic medal in 20 years at the 2016 Rio Olympics with a silver in weightlifting, challenging stereotypes about the sport being unsuitable for women. Gregoria de Jesus was the wife of Philippine revolutionary Andres Bonifacio and played an important role as custodian of documents for the secret Katipunan society in the late 19th century.

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Great Filipina Women

Gabriela Silang was the first woman to lead a revolt against Spanish colonization in the Philippines in the 18th century. She took over leadership of the revolutionary force after her husband Diego Silang was killed, leading it for four months before being captured and executed. Hidilyn Diaz won the Philippines' first Olympic medal in 20 years at the 2016 Rio Olympics with a silver in weightlifting, challenging stereotypes about the sport being unsuitable for women. Gregoria de Jesus was the wife of Philippine revolutionary Andres Bonifacio and played an important role as custodian of documents for the secret Katipunan society in the late 19th century.

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Gabriela 

Silang
Gabriela Silang is probably one of the only women whose name is widely
known among Pilipinas. María Josefa Gabriela Cariño Silang was born on
March 19, 1731 in Caniogan, Ilocos Sur to an Ilokano father
and Tinguian mother from Abra. She was the first Pilipina to lead a revolt
during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines and was an active
member of the revolutionary force of Ilokano leader Diego Silang, her
husband, in which she led the group for four months after his death before
she was captured and executed.
Hidilyn Diaz
The stigma of weightlifting as an unusual sport for women changed after
Hidilyn Diaz’s unprecedented silver plum win at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The Airwoman First Class ended the country’s 20-year drought and
brought home the much-coveted Olympic medal, showing the nation that
women can go beyond limits. In her historic Olympic stint, she lifted 200
kilograms that is roughly four times her weight.
Gregoria De Jesus
Also known as Aling Oriang, she was the wife of Andres Bonifacio, one
of the founding fathers of the revolutionary secret society Katipunan. She
was born on May 9, 1875 in Kalookan. Gregoria was initiated as the
Lakambini (muse) of the society where she was entrusted with the
important role of custodian of documents. If not for her, Pilipinas today
would not have a broad knowledge about the organization of the
Katipunan.
Janelle Frayna
Janelle Frayna is now touted as the Philippine’s first Woman Grandmaster
in chess after enduring the 42nd World Chess Olympiad in Baku,
Azerbaijan last year.
Lea Salonga
Kim of Miss Saigon, Ms. Lea Salonga, Renowned for her powerful voice
and perfect pitch, Salonga bagged her Tony Award for this particular role.
She is also the first Asian to play the roles of Fantine and Eponine in
Victor Hugo’s classic, Les Miserables.
Pia Wurtzbach
Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, formerly known in the Philippine entertainment
and modeling industry as Pia Romero, is a Filipino beauty pageant
titleholder, model and actress who was crowned Miss Universe 2015
Miriam Defensor Santiago
Dr. Miriam Palma Defensor Santiago, LLM, LLD, RMA was a Filipino
lawyer, professor, judge, philosopher, author, and statesman, who served
in all three branches of the Philippine government: judicial, executive, and
legislative.
Ramona Go
Ramona Go was the first female brigadier general in the regular Filipino
armed forces. In May 2013, she was elected mayor of San Enrique.
Reinabelle Reyes
There are only three astrophysicists in the country, and one of them
is Dr. Reina Reyes, who, at age 26, proved that Einstein’s General
Relativity is right. She and her team discovered how galaxies up to
3.5 billion light years away are clustered together in exactly the way
Einstein predicted it to be.
Leticia Valdez Ramos-Shahani
 Leticia Valdez Ramos-Shahani was a Filipino Senator and writer. She
was the younger sister of Fidel V. Ramos, the 12th President of the
Philippines. In 1974, Shahani chaired the UN Commission on the Status of
Women (UNCSW). The Commission then recommended that 1975 should
be celebrated as "International Women's Year". She was concurrently
UN's Assistant Secretary-General for Social Development and
Humanitarian Affairs.

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