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(Trinidad Tecson)
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At the age of 47, Tecson joined the <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/906/about-the-katipunan" class="news_link">Katipunan</a> women chapter in 1895. She was one of the few revolutionary women who actually fought side-by-side with the revolutionary men for the country's freedom from the Spanish colonizers.
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She fought in 12 bloody battles in Bulacan, including the famous Battle of Biak-na-Bato, and would often get wounded but she would always return to the field after she recovered
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At one time, when the Katipuneros lacked firearms, she went with three companions to the courthouse in Caloocan, Rizal and succeeded in subduing the civil guards and seizing their guns.
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After this, she led a group of five men and proceeded to the jail in San Isidro, Nueva Ecija, where she was able to capture seven more firearms after subduing the jail guards.
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She was likened to <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/858/today-in-philippine-history-january-6-1812-tandang-sora-was-born-in-balintawak" class="news_link">Tandang Sora</a> or Melchora Aquino, who was called "Mother of the Katipunan" for her heroic role of feeding and nursing wounded Katipuneros in the battlefield.
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The Katipuneros' hideout in Biak-na-Bato also served as the headquarters of General Emilio Aguinaldo. It was Aguinaldo who called Tecson as the "Mother of Biak-na-Bato."
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Today in Filipino History, November 18, 1848, Trinidad Tecson was born in San Miguel de Mayumo, Bulacan