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Leona Florentino (1849-1884) was an Ilocano poetess who apparently composed works in Spanish and Ilocano. She was the mother of the intellectual Isabelo de los Reyes (1864-1938), who in his work El folklore filipino (1889) included as an appendix…

For years, cooking recipes and literary texts written by women were relegated, in the Philippine newspaper La Vanguardia, to the section called " Hogar" (Home). In spite of the marginalization that this implied, the truth is that in the issue of July…

The Woman's Outlook claimed to be "The Leading Filipino Woman's Magazine" in the 1920s. It was the magazine of the National Federation of Women's Clubs. Published in English and Spanish, it was edited by Trinidad Fernandez Legarda, while Pura…

The Woman's Outlook published literary works by foreign authors translated into Spanish, as was the case in the rest of Philippine newspapers and magazines. In this case, being the magazine of the national federation of women's clubs, it is…

Among women writers in the Philippines, nuns have a prominent place. There are several projects addressing their writing. For example, the Bieses project (https://www.bieses.net/) studies writing in women's communities before 1800 and their networks…

Of the 176 Philippine newspapers and magazines held at the University of the Philippine Diliman’s repository, the greatest part are in English and Spanish, a few are in Tagalog and even less are bilingual.  Some magazines, like Sinag-Tala or…

Literary works by Filipino authors were often published in newspapers: poetry, short stories and even novels were periodically printed on the pages of magazines. This was also the case of some of Evangelina Guerrero Zacarías’ work. They can be…