When we hear about Maria Clara from Dr. Jose Rizal’s “Noli Me Tangere” and “El Filibusterismo,” her characterization is often pure, delicate, the epitome of femininity, rooted in the image of the “ideal Filipina” during the 1800s. This article seeks to challenge that mindset and bring light to the Filipino heroines

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