National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures

Asociacion Feminista Filipina (Philippine Feminist Association)

Location: NFWC Building, 962 J. Escoda Street cor. San Marcelino Street, Ermita, Manila
Category: Association/Institution/Organization
Type: Institutional marker
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker Date: 1955
Installed By: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

ASOCIACION FEMINISTA FILIPINA
(PHILIPPINE FEMINIST ASSOCIATION)

FOUNDED ON 30 JUNE 1905 IN MANILA AT THE INITIATIVE OF CONCEPCION FELIX AND WITH THE COLLABORATION OF TRINIDAD RIZAL, CLEMENCIA LOPEZ, BONIFACIA DELGADO DE BARRETTO, MARIA AREVALO, SOFIA REYES, HELEN C. WILSON, PAZ NATIVIDAD VDA. DE ZULUETA, MARIA F. DE VILLAMOR, TERESA SOLIS AND AGUEDA AND JACOBA PATERNO. IT WAS THE FIRST WOMAN’S CLUB IN THE PHILIPPINES DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS. THE FIRST PRESIDENT WAS CONCEPCION FELIX; SECRETARY, TRINIDAD RIZAL; TREASURER, BONIFACIA DELGADO DE BARRETT; AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WERE CLEMENCIA LOPEZ, MARIA F. DE VILLAMOR, MARIA AREVALO AND HELEN C. WILSON.

THE FIRST MEETING WAS HELD AT THE HOME OF PAZ NATIVIDAD VDA. DE ZULUETA ON SALCEDO STREET (NOW PART OF RIZAL AVENUE).

Tags: 1955, Association/Institution/Organization, Ermita, Level II, Manila, Metro Manila, No photo available, Region NCR

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