A doodle featuring Sevilla greeted Filipino users of the popular search engine yesterday, in time for the 142nd birth anniversary of “one of the most influential suffragists in Philippine history.”
Born in Manila in 1879, Sevilla spent her formative years while living with an aunt who often hosted Filipino patriots and intellectuals at her home.
“Sevilla often eavesdropped on their conversations about battling educational colonialism, revolutionary discussions that helped mold her beliefs,” said Google.
At 21, she founded the Instituto de Mujeres (Women’s Institute of Manila), one of the first schools for women in the islands.
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