▁She ▁graduated ▁sum ma ▁cum ▁la ude ▁with ▁the ▁degree ▁of ▁Ph . B . ▁in ▁March ▁ 1 9 2 9 . ▁ ▁After ▁gradu ation , ▁Man al ang - G l oria ▁worked ▁briefly ▁for ▁the ▁Philipp ine ▁Her ald ▁Mid - Week ▁Magazine . ▁However , ▁this ▁was ▁cut ▁short ▁when ▁she ▁contract ed ▁t uber cul osis . ▁ ▁Ach iev ements ▁She ▁was ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁Revol t ▁from ▁H ymen , ▁a ▁poem ▁protest ing ▁against ▁mar ital ▁ra pe , ▁which ▁caused ▁her ▁den ial ▁by ▁an ▁all - male ▁j ury ▁from ▁winning ▁the ▁Philipp ine ' s ▁Commonwealth ▁Liter ary ▁Awards ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 0 . ▁ ▁She ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁the ▁poetry ▁collection , ▁Po ems , ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁( and ▁re vised ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 ). ▁ ▁The ▁collection ▁contained ▁the ▁best ▁of ▁her ▁early ▁work ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁un pub lished ▁po ems ▁written ▁between ▁ 1 9 3 4 ▁and ▁ 1 9 3 8 . ▁Her ▁last ▁poem , ▁Old ▁Ma id ▁Walk ing ▁on ▁a ▁City ▁Street ▁can ▁also ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁collection . ▁This ▁book ▁was ▁her ▁entry ▁to ▁the ▁Commonwealth ▁Liter ary ▁Awards , ▁losing ▁to ▁Rafael ▁Z ulu eta ▁y ▁da ▁Costa ' s ▁verse ▁Like ▁the ▁Mol ave . ▁ ▁Personal ▁life ▁ ▁On ▁March ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 1 9 4 5 , ▁her ▁husband ▁Ce led