María Odulio de Guzmán (born 1895) was a Filipino teacher, educator, principal, writer, and author.

She was the first Filipino female principal of a secondary school in the Philippines.[1] She worked as a teacher at the Nueva Écija High School in the province of Nueva Écija from 1918 to 1928.

She graduated in 1930 from Radford State Teachers' College (now Radford University), located in Radford, Virginia, United States.[2] She was a professor at the Philippine Normal College.[3]

She was a compiler and author of several multilingual dictionaries in Filipino, Spanish, and English. She was also a translator of José Rizal's Noli Me Tangere and a co-translator of El filibusterismo, another novel by Rizal.[4]

Works

Among the dictionaries M.O. de Guzman authored include:[5]

Translated works / Mga Akdang Isinalin

References

  1. ^ "BukSU unveils markers for key streets in main campus". Bukidnon State University. May 18, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "Radford University Alumni Association Awards - Radford University". www.radford.edu. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  3. ^ Boynton, Victoria; Malin, Jo (2005). Encyclopedia of Women's Autobiography: K-Z. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 462–463. ISBN 978-0-313-32739-1.
  4. ^ National Artist Virgilio Almario's Lecture on Rizal, FilipinoWriter.com, June 19, 2008
  5. ^ Maria Odulio de Guzman, Amazon.com
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