Agueda Kahabagan MonumentAgueda Kahabagan Monument is a Registered Property, Municipality of Santa Cruz, Laguna located at Santa Cruz, Laguna, Region IV-A.
Tinaguriang “Tagalog Joan of Arc” dahil sa kanyang katapangan sa pakikipaglaban sa mga sundalong Espanyol at sandatahang Amerikano. Nakasuot ng puting damit at armado ng riple at bolo. Sinasabi sa kasaysayan na siya ay lehitimong nagmula sa bayan ng Santa Cruz, Laguna.
Noong taong 2016 ay ipinagkaloob ng Pambansang Komisyong Pangkasaysayan ng Pilipinas ang Panandang Pangkasaysayan sa Pamahalaang Lokal ng Bayan ng Santa Cruz, Laguna at sa taong 2019 ito ay napatayuan na Monumento ni Henerala Agueda Kahabagan.
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Agueda Kahabagain is referred to in the few sources that mention her as "Henerala Agueda." Not much is known about her but from snatches of information available, she was presumably a native of Santa Cruz, Laguna. Henerala Agueda's bravery in battle was legendary-- she was reportedly often seen in the battlefield dressed in white, armed with a rifle and brandishing a bolo.
Apparently she was commissioned by General Miguel Malvar to lead a detachment of forces sometime in May 1897. She was mentioned in connection with the attack led by General Artemio Ricarte (Vibora) on the Spanish garrison in San Pablo in October 1897. It was most probably General Pio del Pilar who recommended that she can be granted the honorary title of Henerala. In March 1899, she was listed as the only woman in the roster of generals of the Army of the Filipino Republic. She was appointed on January 4, 1899.