SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Melchora Aquino

1812 - 1919

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Melchora Aquino (January 6, 1812 – February 19, 1919) was a Filipino revolutionary. She became known as "Tandang Sora" ("tandang" meaning "old") because of her old age during the Philippine Revolution (1896-1899). She was also known as the "Grand Woman of the Revolution" and the "Mother of Balintawak" for her contributions. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Melchora Aquino is the 448th most popular social activist (down from 278th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Philippines (down from 23rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Filipino Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Melchora Aquino ranks 448 out of 840. Before her are Leona Vicario, Afeni Shakur, Bhikaiji Cama, Otto Warmbier, Anna Louise Strong, and Eugénie Cotton. After her are Harry Wu, Henriette Herz, Lynching of Jesse Washington, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Jason Moore, and Phyllis Schlafly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Melchora Aquino ranks 62. Before her are Izmail Sreznevsky, Auguste Duméril, Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning, Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn, Duke Peter of Oldenburg, and Samo Chalupka. After her are Buenaventura Báez, Juraj Dobrila, Johanne Luise Heiberg, Yevhen Hrebinka, Aleardo Aleardi, and Nicolae Crețulescu. Among people deceased in 1919, Melchora Aquino ranks 118. Before her are Lawrence Lambe, Sotirios Versis, Wallace Clement Sabine, Viktor Knorre, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen, and Amado Nervo. After her are Charles Conrad Abbott, Oleksandr Murashko, Nikolay Shchors, Paul von Jankó, Ramón Barros Luco, and Mary Edwards Walker.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Melchora Aquino ranks 47 out of 155. Before her are Pedro Paterno (1857), Oscar Cruz (1934), Jaime Sin (1928), Maria Ressa (1963), Leila de Lima (1959), and Eugenio Torre (1951). After her are Fernando Lopez (1904), Miriam Defensor Santiago (1945), Antonio Luna (1866), Fernando Poe Jr. (1939), Juan Luna (1857), and Jose Advincula (1952).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Philippines

Among social activists born in Philippines, Melchora Aquino ranks 3. Before her are José Rizal (1861), and Andrés Bonifacio (1863). After her are Gabriela Silang (1731), Josefa Francisco (1954), Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (1952), and Luis Taruc (1913).

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