Josefa Llanes Escoda | |
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Born | Josefa Llanes y Madamba September 20, 1898 |
Died | January 6, 1945 | (aged 46)
Resting place | Unmarked grave in either La Loma Cemetery or Manila Chinese Cemetery, Manila, Philippines |
Known for | Founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines Filipino World War II hero |
Spouse(s) | Antonio Escoda, Sr. |
Josefa Madamba Llanes Escoda (born Josefa Llanes y Madamba; September 20, 1898 – January 6, 1945) was a Filipino civic leader, social worker, World War II heroine, and suffragette. She is most known for campaigning for women's suffrage and as a founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines.
Together with José Abad Santos and Vicente Lim, she was memorialized on the Philippines' 1,000-Peso banknote depicting Filipinos who fought and died resisting the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during the Second World War at the Far Eastern University in Manila.