 Her first book, published in 1932, was entitled "A History of Education in the Philippines 1565-1930".It was lauded as ""a comprehensive account of the education and cultural development of the country [and] probably the most complete and comprehensive work on the subject to date"".Alzona also wrote biographies on pioneer Filipino women such as Paz Guazon and Librada Avelino, and undertook to translate historical works of Jose Rizal and Graciano Lopez Jaena.