Activity 7: To all the Girls Rizal Loved Before
Complete the chart below to identify the women whose romantic relationship with
Jose Rizal are well-known.
Names Physical How Their Rizal’s Duration of How Their
Traits Relationship Emotional RelationShip Relationship
Began State Ended
Described Infatuated, Approximately
1.Segunda as petite They met in deeply a year. It ended when
Katigbak and Lipa, enamored. Rizal left for
charming. Batangas, Manila to
where Rizal's continue his
Nationality: family had a studies.
farm.
Segunda was
Filipino a neighbor,
and Rizal's
admiration
for her grew
over time.
Respectful, Their
2.Margarita They met friendly. interaction was It remained a
Almaida during primarily friendship, with
Gomez Rizal's exile platonic. no romantic
in Dapitan. involvement.
She was the
daughter of
Nationality: his landlord.
Courting, Brief, as it
3.Leonor She was hopeful. mainly The
Valenzuela Rizal's consisted of relationship
neighbor in courtship. didn't progress
Manila. Rizal further due to
courted her familial
through opposition.
Nationality:
secret
Filipino messages
hidden in a
lamp.
Deeply in love, Around eleven
4.Leonor They were devoted. years. Their
Rivera childhood relationship
friends and faced numerous
sweethearts. challenges,
Leonor was including
Rizal's parental
Nationality:
cousin and disapproval,
neighbor in distance, and
Calamba. Rizal's
Filipino obligations.
They eventually
parted ways due
to
circumstances.
Friendly, Limited to
5.Consuelo Rizal met respectful. their Their
Ortega Y Consuelo in acquaintance interaction
Perez Dagupan. during his visit. remained
She was the cordial, with no
daughter of romantic
his host involvement.
Nationality:
during his
Filipino visit there.
Admiring, Limited to their
6.Seiko Usui Rizal met intrigued. acquaintance Their
Seiko during during his stay interaction
his time in in Japan. remained on
Japan. She friendly terms,
was a with no
Japanese romantic
Nationality:
woman involvement.
Japanese whom he
admired and
wrote about
in his diary.
Appreciative, Their
7. Getrude They met in respectful. interaction was It remained a
Beckett London. primarily platonic
Getrude was friendly and friendship.
familial.
a friend of
Rizal's
family and
Nationality:
became close
British to him during
his stay
there.
Cordial, Primarily
8. Suzanne Rizal met collegial. academic and It remained a
Thill Jacobe Suzanne social during friendship with
during his his time in no romantic
Belgium.
time in involvement.
Belgium. She
was a
Nationality:
Belgian
Belgian woman he
encountered
during his
studies.
Attracted, Their
9.Nellie They met in hopeful relationship Despite Rizal's
Boustead Europe lasted for a proposal, Nellie
through few months. declined due to
Rizal's religious
friend, Juan differences and
Luna. Nellie cultural barriers.
Nationality:
was a young
Irish/French Irish woman
of French
descent.
Compassionate Their
10.Josephine Josephine , concerned. relationship They
Bracken was an Irish developed eventually
woman who over time became
during Rizal's
sought romantically
exile in
Rizal's Dapitan. involved,
medical marrying in a
Nationality:
expertise for ceremony
Irish her blind before Rizal's
adoptive execution.
father.
