Danisa Franchesca A.

San Pedro
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Gliceria Marella Villavicencio

Doña Gliceria Marella de Villavicencio was named as the

“godmother of the revolutionary forces” by Gen. Emilio
Aguinaldo during the proclamation of the Philippine
Independence on June 12, 1898. Her passion in
supporting the revolution against the Spaniards, and later
the Americans, was inflamed by the death of her
husband, Don Eulalalio Villavicencio in February 1898.
He was incarcerated by the Spaniards along with Pablo
Ocampo and Dr. Ariston Bautista for supporting
the Katipunan and the revolutionary movement.

Of the material aid she extended to the insurrectos the most notable was the SS
Bulusan, a ship which made trips from Manila to Batangas and back. It also
transported Filipino soldiers, armaments and ammunitions and food supplies for
the maintenance of the revolutionary forces. It was the first warship made
available to the revolutionaries.

Aling Eriang, as she was affectionately called, was born in Taal on May 13, 1852
and died on September 25, 1928. She had six (6) children: Jose, Mariquita
(married to Gregorio Agoncillo), Vicenta, Rita (married to Vicente Ilustre), Sixto
and Antonio.
Hilaria del Rosario de Aguinaldo

(1877 – March 6, 1921)

• was the first wife of General Emilio Aguinaldo, the first President of the
Philippines (1898-1901). Emilio Aguinaldo married her on New Year's
Day, 1896, the very same day he joined the Katipunan, the secret societ y
that would initiate the Philippine Revolution . Although the title "first lady"
was not used, and did not refer, to the wife of the President of the
Philippines (being used only with the onset of the American governors-
general in reference to their wives) at the time, she is today considered
the first First Lady of the Philippines.

• Mrs. Aguinaldo complemented Emilio's military campaigns by caring for

wounded soldiers and their families. In 1899, as the president's spouse,
she established the Hijas de la Revolución(Daughters of the Revolution)
that later became Asociación de la Cruz Roja (Red Cross Association),
considered a kind of precursor of the present Philippine National Red
Cross, and for this she raised funds for medicine and other supplies. She
was captured by American troops in 1900 and reunited with her husband
after his capture by the Americans in 1901