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#OnThisDay, 12 Dec 1888, 20 young women petition the Governor-General of the Philippines requesting permission to learn Spanish.

At the time Spanish, the language of the colonisers, was the language of politics and society in the region. So the women were really seeking access to the wider world.

They are initially refused, with priests arguing against it, but persist until a school is, briefly, opened. http://www.fma.ph/?p=1639

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #FilipinosHistory #Histodons
Painting of the women presenting the petition to the governor. There are three monks in the background looking horrified.