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    Teresa Magbanua was a Filipina school teacher who became the first woman in Panay to fight in the Philippine Revolution. She was born in 1868 in Pototan, Iloilo and known as the Visayan Joan of Arc. Magbanua quit teaching to become a housewife but learned to shoot a pistol and ride a horse. She joined the Panay-based Visayan arm of the Katipunan and was the only woman to lead troops in the area during the Revolution. Magbanua died in 1947 in Pagadian, Zamboanga and awards have been established in her honor for teachers and women's rights.

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    Teresa Magbanua was a Filipina school teacher who became the first woman in Panay to fight in the Philippine Revolution. She was born in 1868 in Pototan, Iloilo and known as the Visayan Joan of Arc. Magbanua quit teaching to become a housewife but learned to shoot a pistol and ride a horse. She joined the Panay-based Visayan arm of the Katipunan and was the only woman to lead troops in the area during the Revolution. Magbanua died in 1947 in Pagadian, Zamboanga and awards have been established in her honor for teachers and women's rights.

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    Teresa Magbanua

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    Teresa Magbanua was a Filipina school teacher who became the first woman in Panay to fight in the Philippine Revolution. She was born in 1868 in Pototan, Iloilo and known as the Visayan Joan of Arc. Magbanua quit teaching to become a housewife but learned to shoot a pistol and ride a horse. She joined the Panay-based Visayan arm of the Katipunan and was the only woman to lead troops in the area during the Revolution. Magbanua died in 1947 in Pagadian, Zamboanga and awards have been established in her honor for teachers and women's rights.

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    TERESA

    MAGBANUA

    1871-1947
    TERESA MAGBANUA

     Known as the Visayan Joan of Arc

     Filipina school teacher

    The first woman in Panay to fight in the


    Philippine revolution.
    TERESA MAGBANUA

     Born in Pototan, Iloilo, on October 13,
    1868.

    Died in August 1947. Pagadian, 


    Zamboanga
     Magbanua quit her teaching job
    and became a housewife. While
    working on her husband's lands

     Magbanua learned how


    to shoot a pistol and ride
    a horse
    TERESA MAGBANUA

    one of only a few women to join the Panay-
    based Visayan arm of the Katipunan

    the only woman to lead troops in the 


    Visayan area during the Revolution
    LEGACY

    Gawad Teresa Magbanua Award given to teachers in 


    Davao
    Teresa Magbanua award for women's and children's rights
    given to Ilonggos in Iloilo.

    Teresa Magbanua Day in Pototan (October 13)


    THANK
    YOU

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