Josefa Llanes Escoda

Josefa Madamba Llanes Escoda (born Josefa Llanes y Madamba; 20 September 1898 – 6 January 1945) was a Filipino civic leader, social worker, World War II heroine, and suffragette. She is most known for campaigning for women's suffrage and as a founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines.

In this Philippine name for married women, the birth middle name or maternal family name is Madamba, the birth surname or paternal family name is Llanes, and the marital name is Escoda.
Josefa Llanes Escoda
Josefa Llanes Escoda Monument in Ermita, Manila
Born
Josefa Llanes y Madamba

(1898-09-20)20 September 1898
Dingras, Ilocos Norte, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Died6 January 1945(1945-01-06) (aged 46)
Sampaloc, Manila, Philippine Commonwealth
Resting placeUnmarked grave in either La Loma Cemetery or Manila Chinese Cemetery, Manila, Philippines
Known forFounder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines
Filipino World War II hero
Spouse(s)Antonio Escoda, Sr.

Together with José Abad Santos and Vicente Lim, she was memorialized on the Philippines' 1,000-Peso banknote depicting Filipinos who fought and died resisting the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during the Second World War at the Far Eastern University in Manila.

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