Gregoria de Jesús

thumb|right|Gregoria de Jesús Gregoria Alvarez de Jesús (May 9, 1875 – March 15, 1943), served as secretary of the women's section and custodian of the documents and seal of the Katipunan, a secret revolutionary society founded on July 7, 1892, by Andrés Bonifacio and other Filipino nationalists to struggle for Philippine independence from Spain. She married Bonifacio, the Supremo of the Katipunan and President of the early revolutionary government of the Philippine Tagalog region. She took a major role in the revolution as the government's first lady. After the death of Bonifacio, she married Julio Nakpil, a general of the Katipunan. Quotes Honor the teachers that open the mind. Fear history, for it respects no secrets. Do not waste time over something that is unprofitable; time lost can never be recovered. De Jesus, Gregoria. "Autobiography of Gregoria de Jesus" Trans. Leandro H. Fernandez. Philippine Magazine 27.1 (June 1930): 16-18, 65-68. External links Category:Women activists from the Philippines Category:First ladies Category:1875 births Category:1943 deaths Category:Roman Catholics Category:People from Manila Category:Revolutionaries