Pura Villanueva Kalaw

thumb|Pura Villanueva Kalaw Purificacion "Pura" Garcia Villanueva-Kalaw (27 August 1886 -21 March 1954) was a Filipina beauty queen, feminist, journalist, and writer. Quotes Women, by their extraordinary talent, their subjugating beauty, their decided courage, and their virile spirit, have often caused changes in the social scene. Long before 1905, I had started preaching the gospel of the feminists: ‘What a man can do a woman can do just as well. I had no brother. My father was anxious to have a son… Thus my training convinced me that woman suffrage was a great need. https://www.academia.edu/79504272/Understanding_the_political_thought_of_Pura_Villanueva_Kalaw I shall try to perform my duties in a way that shall please everyone. https://manilacarnivals.blogspot.com/2008/08/10-1908-queen-of-orient-pura-garcia.html External links Category:Activists from the Philippines Category:1886 births Category:1954 deaths Category:Women's rights activists Category:Women activists from the Philippines Category:Beauty pageant winners from the Philippines Category:Women journalists from the Philippines Category:Feminists