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Enriqueta de Peralta: poetess, suffragette and Mother’s Day initiator

Fire razed the ancestral house of the De Peraltas, a prominent family of Dingras, Ilocos Norte, on Sept. 11, 2021. Valuable letters, documents, manuscripts, and photos that served as testament to the life and times of Enriqueta “Quitang” Guerrero de Peralta went up in smoke—and seemingly shrouded the rightful legacy of the woman dubbed the...