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Gregoria de Jesus was known to be the “Mother of Philippine Revolution”.  She was also the first Filipina to translate or decipher the alphabet of the Katipunan in code. She married Andrés Bonifacio first, the supremo of the Katipunan, and had a son with him and eight children from Julio Nakpil as his second husband.

Her life was too terrible because at first, she lost her child due to smallpox then later on, she lost her husband Andres because Aguinaldo’s officers captured him and sentenced him to death.  If you would look upon her life, you can conclude that she experienced a lot of depressions and faced a lot of extra-ordinary challenges, but she was able to be a good writer and to establish a lot of creative works. There is this poem of hers that captured my attention and that is her poem about her husband, Andres Bonifacio.  While I was reading the poem, I can actually feel the sadness upon seeing her husband die in front of her.  You will not just enjoy reading the poem but also, you will be emotionally attached to it.  This is one of the reasons why I admire her.  As a writer, it is your responsibility to make your readers interested and not bored on your writings and doing such thing is not as easy as 1 2 3.  It takes a lot of courage and professionalism in order to achieve such things.  If given a chance to be a writer in the future, I want to be like Gregoria de Jesus because she was not just a good writer, but she was also able to serve and help our soldiers in fighting for our freedom against the Spaniards.

As a woman in the Philippine Society, Gregoria De Jesus was one of a kind.  She was very strong and committed in what she was doing.  She was a dedicated and good leader in the Women’s Chapter of Katipunan in the Philippines.  Gregoria was assigned to be the keeper of the important documents and seals during the revolution days.  Gregoria is a very good example to every woman today in our country because despite of being a woman she still made a name in our Philippine History.

She is a symbol of bravery and a woman who values her principles.  I believe it takes a lot of courage and internal strength to do all the things that she has done.  She did not only play a big part in helping the Katipuneros, but I must say that she somewhat founded it as well.  Without her, things that the Katipuneros are fighting for would be a waste and will not set as an awareness to other Filipinos.  She also brought strength to women that time wherein women re always portrayed as weak or that they rarely contribute help in times like this.  She has proved that it every man's success, there is always a strong woman behind him.