Other names Nanay Soling | Occupation teacher, activist Children Rodrigo Duterte | |
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Full Name Soledad Roa y Gonzales Similar Rodrigo Duterte, Vicente Duterte, Sara Duterte, Honeylet Avanceña, Elizabeth Zimmerman | ||
Soledad Roa-Duterte (November 22, 1916 – February 4, 2012) was a Filipino teacher and activist.
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Early life
Duterte was born as Soledad Roa y Gonzales on November 14, 1916 in Cabadbaran, Agusan (present-day Agusan del Norte), the daughter of Eleno a Maranao Tribe descendant adapted the Roa surname and Fortunata Gonzales. She was of Maranao and Kamayo descent. The Roas also traces their roots to Leyte. Duterte accomplished her elementary and high school studies in Cabadbaran and entered the Philippine Normal School in Manila for her collegiate studies. She then entered the Bureau of Public Schools as a teacher.
Career
Duterte or Nanay Soling (lit. Mother Soling) as called by her supporters, led the Yellow Friday Movement, a movement against the administration of then President Ferdinand Marcos in Mindanao leading to the People Power Revolution. She also founded and oversaw the Soledad Duterte Foundation which conducted livelihood and skills training to the indigenous people of Marahan. Duterte was also once a teacher at the University of the Visayas in the Danao Campus.
Death
She died at the Davao Doctors Hospital on February 4, 2012 at the age of 95.
Personal life
Duterte was married to Vicente Duterte, who was a lawyer from Cebu whom she first met during her stay at the Bureau of Public Schools. Together with her husband, she settled in the Davao region in 1950. Vicente Duterte also served as governor of the now defunct Davao province. Vicente died in February 1968. She is the mother of Rodrigo Duterte, the 16th President of the Philippines, and grandmother of Sara Duterte.
