Babae, Obrera, Unyonista documents the pivotal role of women in Manila's labor movement from 1901 to 1941, examining how female workers organized, resisted exploitation, and forged a distinct feminist consciousness amid colonial and patriarchal constraints. Historian Judy M. Taguiwalo draws on archival research to recover the stories of women workers in factories, households, and union halls, tracing their collective struggles for fair wages, safer conditions, and recognition. The book is both a labor history and a feminist reclamation of the obreras whose contributions have long been marginalized in mainstream accounts of Philippine unionism.