Josefa Llanes Escoda

Overview

Josefa Llanes Escoda born Dingras, Ilocos Norte, Spanish Philippines September 20, 1898 (d. 1945). “The Florence Nightingale of the Philippines.” Social worker and suffragist. Aided war prisoners of war, World War I. Philippines representative at WILPF Congress, Washington DC, 1924. Founded national Girl Scouts, 1937. Arrested and executed by Japanese.

Quotations

“If the shoe were on the other foot and the Japanese soldiers were the ones suffering in prison, I would help them in the same way. I would do what I have to as a human being.” (daisakuikeda.org Maria Roxas; photo Wikipedia)