When fire engulfed the ancestral home of the de Peralta family in Dingras, Ilocos Norte on Sept. 11, 2021, it destroyed valuable documents, photos, and manuscripts that chronicled the life of Enriqueta "Quitang" Guerrero de Peralta. But the loss sparked a renewed effort among her descendants and supporters to honor her legacy.
Among her achievements were the successful initiative to honor mothers with a national declaration of Mother's Day in 1921, support of Filipino women's right to vote, and pioneering the establishment of puericulture centers to take care of mothers and children in Ilocos Norte. All these she accomplished while producing a set of poetry in Ilocano that earned her the title of Poetess of Ilocandia.
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