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Rosa Sevilla de Alvero was a Filipino activist, educator, and journalist who advocated for women's suffrage in the Philippines.[1]
Rosa Sevilla de Alvero
Born
4 March 1879
Tondo, Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spain
Died
11 May 1954 (aged 75)
Philippines
Known for
Women's suffrage in the Philippines
Parent(s)
Silvina Tolentino y Rafael
Sevilla was born on March 4, 1879 in Tondo, Manila to Ambrosio Sevilla, a sergeant of the Spanish Army and Silvina Tolentino y Rafael, a relative of revolutionary and playwright Aurelio Tolentino[2]
At age 21, she was the founder of the Instituto de Mujeres in Manila, one of the first women's schools in the Philippines.[1]
Later, in her mid-30s, she led a movement in 1916 for Filipino women to secure the right to vote, founding the Liga Nacional de Damas Filipinas. It was in 1937 when women were able to gain the right after a referendum.[1]
She was married to Emilio Alvero, an artist.[2]
