We know very little about Tandang Sora. Accounts in elementary books tell of Melchora Aquino, her baptismal name, as having fed and nursed Katipuneros who were fleeing from and/or wounded in ...

Two days ago, on the 106th death anniversary of Tandang Sora (Jan. 6, 1812-Feb. 19, 1919), the newly erected Tandang Sora ...

Tandang Sora opened her ample bodega to more than a thousand Katipuneros, emptying “all of her storehouse of 100 cavans, and all her cattle, carabaos, chickens and pigs,” according to accounts.

Tandang Sora was probably closer to the more believable age of 83. For her sacrifices for the nation, Tandang Sora was among ...