Nieves Fernandez

Captain Nieves Fernandez was a Filipino schoolteacher and guerrilla commander who fought the Japanese in Tacloban during World War II.[1] Fernandez extensively trained her men in combat skills and making of improvised weaponry, as well as leading her men in the front. With only 110 men, she managed to take out over 200 Japanese soldiers during the occupation. The Imperial Japanese Army posted a reward of 10,000 pesos on her head in the hopes of capturing her but to no avail.[2]

References
  1. The Lewiston Daily Sun – Nov 3, 1944
  2. 31 Days of Revolutionary Women, #27: Nieves Fernandez, South Seattle Emerald, 26 March 2016
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