I remember learning that she was also the sole support for many years of her mother and a handicapped sister. It must be added that she lived at a time when the prejudice against women meant that she was for over twenty years not promoted from her position as lecturer.
Ito ay dapat na idinagdag na siya ay nanirahan sa isang panahon kapag ang masamang palagay laban sa kababaihan sinadya na siya ay para sa higit sa dalawampung taon na hindi itaas mula sa kanyang posisyon bilang lektor.