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Social History
Is essentially an expansion of the

historians concern beyond the activities
of social and political elites.In the 1920s,
the Annales school pioneered
Aims to describe the experience of
various group (it's initial focus being
women and ethnic groups); and
fragmented into historical demography,
labor history, and urban and rural history,
among others.
Women's History
At the oneset of Spanish colonization,
natives resisted the impose way of life
by the colonizers. One of the most
methods of native Resistence was the
abandonment of the peublo to go back
to their old ways of life; oftentimes, this
led by the Babaylan was respective and
obeyed by the people for Thier wisdom
A critical example of Babaylan-led revolt
was the tamblot uprising in 1622.
Tamblot was a babaylan despite being
known as male.
There are two possible explaination:
First Historian Zeus Salazar argued
that men could become babaylan if they
look like women. Second, some
historians contend that tamblot was not
a babaylan per se, but a descendants of
one. Hennce, he was still perceived by
the community as someone with
spiritual prowess or ability.
The earliest revolts that he led in Bohol
in the early seventeenth century
- Tamblot told his people that a diwata
appeared before him and promised that
they would live in abundance and
prosperity, and be free from tributes and
forced labor if they rise against the
Spaniards and reject the Catholic faith,
go to the hills, and build a temple.
- 2,000 boholanos rose in revolt, burned
villages and churches, disposed of Thier
rosaries and crosses, and destroyed the
image of the Virgin Mary. It took more
than a thousand men from the colonial
government to quell this uprising.
- The Silang revolt was continued by
Gabriela Silang after her husband's
assassination.
- In 1880, for example, 20 young
women of Malolos wrote a petition to
Govenor-General Valeriano Weyler for
permission to take up Spanish language
lessons under Teodoro Sandiko.
Marcelo H. Del Pilar wrote a
congratulatory letter to these women
<for their tenacity and desire to learn
Rizal emphasize the importance of
mothers in raising sons who would fight
for the country.
KATIPUNAN
The katipunan despite being a
predominantly male organization,
accepted women members and
established women's chapter.
Josefa Rizal who was elected president
of the said chapter
Gregorian De Jesus who's life was put
in danger many times in fulfilling her
task as katipunan.
Marina Dizon who took charge of
initiation rites of women applicants in
the katipunan kept the organization's
record, and led the orientation for new
members.
Melchura Aquino a rich old widow when
the revolution in 1896, provide food and
medicine to the exhausted and
embattled katipuneros.for this she was
imprisoned and exiled to Guam.
The courage and selfessness of Tandag
Sora, shown in her utter willingness to
assist an illegal organization, were
heroic.
Teresa Magbanua who led revolutionary
armies in capiz;
And Agueda Kahabang who was
recognized as a women general of the
republic and fought fiercely in Laguna,
among others. Some less known
Katipuneras who fought alongside men
and at times martyred in combat were
MARCELA MARCELO (ALIAS SELANG
BAGSIK), VALERIANA ELISES, and
GREGORIA MONTOYA.
Poem entitled HIBIK NAMIN was
collectively written by Victoria Lactaw,
Feliza Kahatol, Patricia Himagsik,
Dolores Katindig, Felipa Kaploan, and
Victoria Maisig, names like nationalistic
pseudenyms.
Two kinds of responses could be
observed in these moments. The first
response was to make the most out of
the space allowed to them. Despite the
existence of women soldiers who fought
alongside men in actual combat, many
maintained the view that the women's
place was not in the battlefield. a lot of
women concurred with this, and instead
initiated organization such as the
ASSOCION FILANTROPIC DE LA CRUZ
ROJAS or the PHILANTHROPIC
ASSOCIATION OR RED CROSS. the
objective of Cruz Roja was to collect
funds for the wounded soldiers and war
victims.
Rosa Sevilla Alvero published an essay
in the revolution's paper La
Independencia titled Lo Que Debe Ser
Mujer en la Sociedad ( What a Women
Must Be in Society).
In the same periodical, Juana Castro
wrote another article titled
Rehabilitaciòn de la Mujar
( Rehabilitaion of the Women)
The United States consolidated the
Philippine colonial states. As the former
colony was introduced to democracy,
women fought for their rights to vote
and political equality as early as 1970.
The women that included Constancia
Poblete, Concepcion Felix Rudriguez,
Rosario Lam, Nieves Hidalgo, Rosa
Sevilla Alvero, Paz Policarpio Mendez,
Encarnacion Alzona. They came from
different fields and professions - some
were doctors, lawyers, writers, students,
and factory workers.
Some historians would refer to the
women's suffrage campaign as the first
expression of a modern feminist
movement in the Philippines. They had
to battle against a herd of conservative
male politicians who argued that women
did not belong in politics and that giving
them the right to vote would lead to the
disintegration of family life.
Filipino lawyer and politician perfecto
Laguio, wrote a book titled Our Modern
Woman: A national problem, where he
argued that to allow women to vote
against Thier nature and innate quality
as wives and mothers. He insisted that
their rightful place should be at home;
participating in politics would lead them
into selling their bodies for votes and
other political favor.
Suffragists went to public hearings to
argue their case. These hearings were
manifestation of their eloquence as
advocates of equality. One of the most
used arguments by anti- suffrage
policians was that women did not like to
vote; hence, it would wrong to force
them into this duty. The advocate
retorted that " the proof of the pudding
is in the eating" as such a claim did not
have any concrete basis. For the years
that the suffrage movement had been
active, the majority of women's clubs in
the archipelago supported the cause.
In 1933, women suffrage was finally
approved into law. During the
Commonwealth Constitution
Convention of 1934, this law would only
be allowed to this condition was a
defeat because it undid the 1933 victory.
Fortunately, the 1937 plebiscite was an
overwhelming success, and the
Philippines became among the first
developing countries to give the write to
vote.
1960s and 1970s this articulation was
further emphasized during the period of
the activism.
Group like MAKIKIBAKA (Malayang
Kilusan Ng Bagung Kababaihan)
believed that women should also be
concerned with social and economic
equality. Her oppression is situated in
the context of Capitalism and
Imperialism
In the 1980s, women's movement also
started tackling the unique experiences
of women in the third world, includes
issue related to national identity, peace,
and children's organizations like the
Kilusang Kababaihan Pilipina (PILIPINA)
and Katipunan Ng Kalayaan para sa
Kababaihan (KALAYAAN) emerged.
They initiated campaigns that
condemned sexism in media, violation
of the reproductive rights of women,
gender violence, prostitution, and gender
inequality in employment opportunities.
By the following decade, the movement
for gender equality in the Philippines
would expand to the lesbian, gay,
bisexual, And transgender (LGBT)
sector. At present , women and LGBT
organizations continue to grow and
again strength as they fight Their
rightful place in the Philippines state
and society amidst pushback from the
conservative sector in different social
institution.

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