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          María Rosa Luna Henson or "Lola Rosa" ("Grandma Rosa") (December 5, – August 18, ) was the first Filipina who made public in her story as a.!

          Rosa Henson

          Filipina writer

          Rosa Henson

          Henson in March 1996

          BornDecember 5, 1927
          DiedAugust 18, 1997(1997-08-18) (aged 69)
          Other names"Lola Rosa"

          María Rosa Luna Henson or "Lola Rosa" ("Grandma Rosa") (December 5, 1927 – August 18, 1997) was the first Filipina who made public in 1992 her story as a comfort woman (military sex slave) for the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second World War.

          Biography

          Maria Rosa Luna Henson was born in Pasay City on December 5, 1927.

          In , year-old Maria Rosa Henson was taken by Japanese soldiers occupying the Philippines and forced into prostitution as a “comfort woman.

        1. In , year-old Maria Rosa Henson was taken by Japanese soldiers occupying the Philippines and forced into prostitution as a “comfort woman.
        2. Summary: "In April , fifteen-year-old Maria Rosa Henson () was taken by Japanese soldiers occupying the Philippines and forced.
        3. María Rosa Luna Henson or "Lola Rosa" ("Grandma Rosa") (December 5, – August 18, ) was the first Filipina who made public in her story as a.
        4. There she was forced to be a comfort woman for the Japanese military.
        5. MANILA - Maria Rosa Luna Henson died of a heart attack at the Pasay City hospital on the rain-swept night of August 18, She was

          6. She grew up in poverty in Pampanga in the Central Luzon region with her single mother, Julia.[1] Born the illegitimate child of Don Pepe, a wealthy landowner, Henson saw her father sporadically throughout her childhood.

          Growing up she dreamed of being a doctor.[1] After World War II started, Henson became a member of the Hukbalahap, a Communist guerrilla movement resisting the Japanese invaders. In 1942 Henson was first raped by three Japanese sold