Teresa Magbanua
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Teresa Magbanua y Ferraris (October 13, 1868 – August 1947), better known as Teresa Magbanua and dubbed as the "Visayan Joan of Arc", was a Filipino schoolteacher and military leader. Born in Pototan, Iloilo, Philippines, she retired from education and became a housewife shortly after her marriage to Alejandro Balderas, a wealthy landowner from Sara, Iloilo.[1] When the 1896 Philippine Revolution against Spain broke out, she became one of only a few women to join the Panay-based Visayan arm of the Katipunan, the initially secret revolutionary society headed by Andrés Bonifacio.[2]
Teresa Magbanua | |
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Birth name | Teresa Magbanua y Ferraris |
Nickname(s) | Nanay Isa Nay Isa Visayan "Joan of Arc" |
Born | (1868-10-13)October 13, 1868 Pototan, Iloilo, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish Empire |
Died | August 1947(1947-08-00) (aged 78) Pagadian, Zamboanga, Philippines |
Allegiance | First Philippine Republic Katipunan
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Service/ | Philippine Revolutionary Army |
Years of service | 1896–1900 |
Rank | Brigadier General (disputed) |
Commands held | Bolo Battalion |
Battles/wars | Philippine Revolution * Battle of Barrio Yoting * Battle of Sapong Hills Philippine–American War * Battle of Iloilo City * Battle of Balantang World War II * Philippine Resistance (1941–45) |
Relations | Juan Magbanua (father) Alejandra Ferraris (mother) Alejandro Balderas (husband) Perfecto Poblador (uncle) Pascual Magbanua (brother) Elias Magbanua (brother) |
Despite opposition from her husband, Magbanua followed her two younger brothers and took up arms against the Spaniards,[3] leading troops into combat and winning several battles under the command of General Martin Delgado.[4] Magbanua is credited as the only woman to lead troops in the Visayan area during the Revolution.[5] Shortly thereafter, Magbanua shifted to fighting American colonial forces during the Philippine–American War.[1][6]
She is one of the few Filipinos to have participated in all three resistance movements against the three major colonizers: Spain (in the Philippine Revolution), the United States (in the Philippine–American War), and Japan (in World War II).[7]