It is a famous essay that acts as a letter to the young women of Malolos.

Rizal
wrote this letter in London on February 22, 1889 in Tagalog. M.H del Pilar requested to
praise the ladies of Malolos for their bravery to establish a school to learn Spanish,
despite the contradictions of Fr. Felipe Garcia, a Spanish parish priest of Malolos.
“Based on accounts, on 12 December 1888, 20 young women from Malolos petitioned
Governor- General Weyler for the establishment of a “night school” to study Spanish
under Teodoro Sandiko, a professor of Latin.
In the letter, Rizal enunciated his great desire for Filipino women to enjoy the
privileges in education along with men. Moreover, he appealed to women to be heedful
of their rights and not to be docile towards many injustices forced upon them. Men and
women are born equal. Rizal's argued that women's value was contingent on their
contribution to the Filipino identity, stressing how the character of motherhood reflected
the character of motherland. The authorities came up with educational policies that were
discriminatory against women who wanted to pursue higher education. The women of
Malolos struggled to disprove the principle that women are destined to be homemakers
and demonstrate that women are at par with men in other fields of endeavors.