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(Tandang Sora (Melchora Aquino))
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Melchora Aquino, popularly called Tandang Sora, as she was already 84 at that time when the Philippine Revolution broke out in 1896, played an important role in the Filipino revolution against the Spanish colonizers.
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She fed, gave medical attention to and encouraged the revolutionaries with motherly advice and prayers; as well as secret meetings of the Katipuneros were also held at her house.  With these, she gained the title Grand Woman of the Revolution and the Mother of Balintawak for her heroic contributions to Philippine history.
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The Spanish authorities arrested and exiled her to <a href="https://kahimyang.com/articles/3118/guams-history-and-deep-ties-to-the-philippines-and-filipinos" class="news_link">Guam</a>  for  her participation in the revolution.  In 1903, the Americans allowed her and other exiles to return to the Philippines.
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August 24, 1896: the Katipuneros took refuge at Tandang Sora's house