Hilaria Aguinaldo

Hilaria del Rosario Aguinaldo (1877-March 6, 1921) was the first First Lady of the Philippines and first wife of General Emilio Aguinaldo, the first President of the Philippines (1898-1901). Emilio Aguinaldo married her on New Year's Day, 1896, the very same day he had joined the secret society that would initiate Asia's very first anti-colonial revolution, the Katipunan.

She have always known from a faded black-and-white photograph showing her in a "baro't saya" attire astride a horse. Mrs. Aguinaldo complemented Emilio Aguinaldo's military campaigns by caring for wounded soldiers and their families. In 1899, as the nation's first first lady, she established the Hijas dela Revolucion (Daughters of the Revolution) that later became Asociacion de la Cruz Roja (Red Cross Association), the precursor of the present Philippine National Red Cross and for this she raised funds for medicine and other supplies.