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    Trinidad Tecson was a Filipino revolutionary who fought for Philippine independence from Spain and later the United States. She was born in 1848 and orphaned at a young age, after which she married and had children. She joined the Katipunan revolutionary group and participated in assaults against Spanish forces. After the Philippine-American War, she continued her business and later remarried twice. She was known as the "Mother of Biak-na-Bato" and "Mother of Mercy" for her contributions to the revolutionary forces and helped establish the Philippine National Red Cross. She died in 1928 at age 79 and was buried in Manila.

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    Trinidad Tecson was a Filipino revolutionary who fought for Philippine independence from Spain and later the United States. She was born in 1848 and orphaned at a young age, after which she married and had children. She joined the Katipunan revolutionary group and participated in assaults against Spanish forces. After the Philippine-American War, she continued her business and later remarried twice. She was known as the "Mother of Biak-na-Bato" and "Mother of Mercy" for her contributions to the revolutionary forces and helped establish the Philippine National Red Cross. She died in 1928 at age 79 and was buried in Manila.

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    Trinidad Tecson

    Trinidad Perez Tecson (November 18,


    1848 – January 28, 1928), known as the
    "Mother of Biak-na-Bato" and "Mother of
    Mercy", fought to gain Philippines
    independence.

    She was given the title "Mother of Biak-na-


    Bato" by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo. She was
    also cited as the "Mother of the Philippine
    National Red Cross"
    Trinidad Perez
    for her service to her
    Tecson
    fellow
    Katipuneros.[1]

    Early life
    Tecson was born in
    San Miguel de
    Mayumo, Bulacan, Historical marker,

    one of sixteen Santa Rita Bata, San


    Miguel, Bulacan
    children of Rafael
    Tecson and Monica Born November
    18, 1848
    Perez.[2] She learned
    San
    to read and write
    Miguel de
    from schoolmaster
    Mayumo,
    Quinto. She
    practiced fencing Bulacan,
    with Juan Zeto and Captaincy

    was feared General of


    the
    throughout the
    Philippines
    province, called
    Died January
    "Tangkad" (tall) by
    28, 1928
    her peers. Orphaned
    (aged 79)
    at a very young age,
    Ermita,
    she stopped school Manila,
    and went with her Philippine
    siblings to live with Islands
    relatives. She Resting Manila
    married at 19 and place North
    had two children, Cemetery
    Sinforoso and Nationality Filipino
    Desiderio, who both
    died. Tecson and Known for Philippine
    her husband were Revolution
    engaged in the founder of

    purchase and sale Philippine


    National
    of cattle, fish,
    Red Cross
    oysters, and
    Political Katipunan
    lobsters to be sold
    party
    in Manila.

    Revolutionar
    y

    Philippine-American War
    She joined the revolutionary forces led by
    Gen. Gregorio del Pilar and participated in
    the assault on the province of Bulacan and
    Calumpit. She also served in the Malolos
    Republic and was designated as the
    Commissary of War. During the American
    drive northward, she was in Cabanatuan.
    Bringing with her sick and wounded
    revolutionaries, Tecson crossed the
    Zambales mountains to Santa Cruz then to
    Iba.

    Life after the war


    After the war, her second husband died
    and she continued in business in Nueva
    Ecija, concentrating on selling meat in the
    towns of San Antonio and Talavera. She
    married her third husband, Doroteo
    Santiago, and after his death, married
    Francisco Empainado. On January 28,
    1928, she died in Philippine General
    Hospital at age 79. Her remains lie in the
    Plot of the Veterans of the Revolution in
    Cementerio del Norte.

    References
    1. Author (2006-11-18). "First Filipina: Trinidad
    Tecson" (http://firstfilipina.blogspot.com/20
    06/11/trinidad-tecson.html) . First Filipina.
    Retrieved 2020-03-24. {{cite web}}:
    |last= has generic name (help)
    2. "Bulacan, Philippines: General Info: Heroes
    and Patriots: Trinidad Tecson" (https://ww
    w.bulacan.gov.ph/generalinfo/hero.php?id=
    44) . www.bulacan.gov.ph. Retrieved
    2020-03-24.

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