Papers

• Angels, Patriots, and Criminals: A look into Women’s accounts of their participation during World War II in the Philippines Ma Rita Lourdes Alfaro Lyceum of the Philippines University Manila

  Perusing recollections of women in World War II -the Filipina guerilla, American internees, and women volunteers in the Japanese Army in the Philippines, “Angels, Patriots, and Criminals: A look into Women’s accounts of their participation during World War II in the Philippines” endeavors to present several propositions: women’s perceptions of their own participation and experiences during the war vis-à-vis patriotism, and, how, in published memoirs, women represented and justified their roles in the war to the rest of the world.

• The Filipino Woman in the Eyes of Filipina Suffragists: An Examination of Women’s Writings from 1907 to 1955 Mary Dorothy Jose University of the Philippines Manila

  The struggle and success of Filipino women in achieving political rights, particularly the right to vote and be elected in public office is seldom given attention by historians and rarely discussed in national historical narratives. While significant studies have been done on the history of women’s suffrage in the Philippines, analyzing the rhetoric employed by Filipina suffragists in advancing their cause remains an unexplored theme. To address this research gap, this study plans to examine how the Filipina suffragists view the Filipino woman by analyzing their writings from the early years of American colonization of the Philippines up to the 1950s. By using feminist critical discourse analysis, this study will investigate the Filipina suffragists’ views of the Filipino woman and the attributes and competencies she possesses to make her worthy of gaining political rights and having equal opportunities with men.

• Women and Nationalism: Comparative Analysis of Salud Algabre’s Written Life History Janet Reguindin-Estella University of the Philippines

  In “Women and Nationalism: Comparative Analysis of Salud Algabre’s Written Life History” the author surveys written works featuring Salud Algabre, woman forerunner of the peasant struggle for Philippine independence. This is followed by an examination of the perspectives of biographers and how they looked into Algabre’s contribution to the struggle for Philippine independence.

• Filming Kartini: Hindia Belanda and Perempuan in The Postman and Kartini (2016) and Kartini: Princess of Java (2017) Axle Christien Tugano University of the Philippines Los Baños

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