I made this portrait using the photo of my great-grandmother Remedios Lopez Cuenco as reference. Remedios was the mother of my grandfather (Mariano Jesus Cuenco, who was the father of my mother Concepcion Cuenco Manguerra.
Remedios was a force and noted in Philippine history as the first woman publisher. She had inspired me to write my third novel, The Newspaper Widow. Information here:
https://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2017/12/from-cebu-to-ubec-inspiration-for.html
Read also:
I'm including these links that give more information:
Remembrance of Things Awry, the Families of Old Cebu
How My Great Grandmother Remedios Lopez Cuenco Died
Excerpt from Archbishop Jose Maria Cuenco's Autobiography
Four Generations of Filipina Women - from Juana Lopez to Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
Roots - Pictures of my Mother and More
More re Juana Lopez and Family
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