Melchora Aquino was a Filipino revolutionary who was already 84 years old when the Philippine Revolution broke out in 1896.

MELCHORA AQUINO

Aquino became known as "Tandang Sora" because of her age when the Philippine Revolution started. Aquino operated a store, which became a refuge for the sick and wounded revolutionaries. She fed, gave medical attention to and encouraged the revolutionaries with motherly advice and prayers. Secret meetings of the Katipuneros were also held at her house. When the Spaniards learned about her activities and her knowledge to the whereabouts of the Katipuneros, she was asked where Andres Bonifacio was hiding but refused. She was then arrested and deported to the Mariana Islands.

After the United States took control of the Philippines in 1898, Aquino, like other exiles, returned to Philippines until her death at the age of 107.

6 January 1812

to 2 March 1919