Trinidad rizal biography summary
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Trinidad Rizal
Filipina feminist organizer
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mercado and the second or maternal family name is Realonda.
Trinidad Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (June 6, 1868 – May 9, 1951), commonly known as Trinidad Rizal, was a Filipina feminist leader and co-founder of the Philippines' first feminist organization, the Asociación Femenista Filipina.
She was the tenth sibling of the national hero, physician and writer, Dr. José Rizal.
Life and work
Trinidad was born in Calamba, La Laguna (present-day Laguna), on June 6, 1868. She was the tenth child of Francisco Rizal Mercado and Teodora Alonso Realonda.
Trinidad helped found the first Masonic lodge for women in the Philippines.[1] She was also a member of Walana, a Filipino masonry society, formed in Manila on July 18, 1893, closely allied with the masonic temples of the ilustrados.[2]
In 1905, Trinidad co-founded the first Filipina femin