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020 _a9718686118 (softbound)
040 _aCT 1798 H47 H4 1996
_cFHL
041 _aeng
100 _aHenson, Maria Rosa,
_d1927-1997
_97822
245 _aComfort woman :
_bslave of destiny /
_cMaria Rosa Henson ; with illustrations by the author
260 _aPasig City :
_bPhilippine Center for Investigative Journalism,
_c1996.
300 _a[iv], 152 p. :
_bill.,
_c21 x 14 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
337 _2rdamedia
338 _2rdacarrier
520 _aPersonal memoir by the first Filipina to acknowledge that she was a “comfort woman” – a sexual slave of the Japanese Imperial Army. While the nightmarish experiences of Korean women had been exposed earlier, no Filipina woman came forward to recount her ordeals until 1992, when she responded to radio appeals for Filipinas to come out in the open. Fondly known as “Lola Rosa,” Henson was raped by a Japanese officer in 1942 near Ft. McKinley, in Rizal province. Her family moved to their hometown of Angeles, Pampanga, where Henson was taken by the Japanese and forced to become a comfort woman – a forced prostitute – to be raped by numerous Japanese soldiers daily. Rescued by the Hukbalahap guerrillas, she tried to put her horrible experiences behind her, but got caught in the midst of the fighting between the post-war Huks and the Philippine government. In this autobiography, she tells of her ordeals – and her courage to face up to them. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
546 _aEnglish
600 _aHenson, Maria Rosa,
_d1927-1997
_97822
650 _aComfort women
_zPhilippines
_xHistory.
_97824
650 _aProstitution
_zPhilippines
_xHistory.
_97825
650 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xAtrocities
_zAsia.
_97826
650 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xAtrocities.
_9189
650 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xWomen
_zAsia.
_97827
856 _3VIEW PRELIMINARY PAGES
_uhttps://issuu.com/filipinasheritagelibrary/docs/rhc-014144?e=18015266/45532009
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