Gendering a Public Educational Campaign Against Leprosy in the US‐Occupied Philippines, 1928–1929

The gendered nature of anti‐leprosy campaigns in the colonial Philippines remains understudied in historical scholarship. Through the lens of gender, this article examines an educational campaign (1928–1929) that was conducted by the Philippine Anti‐Leprosy Society, a civic organisation, within The Woman's Outlook magazine. Women were both actors and objects of the campaign, which supported a contested public health measure that segregated and confined leprosy‐affected Filipinos in government leprosaria. This study, therefore, offers insights into the motivations and implications of women's support for contested policies in the contexts of colonialism and women's struggle for their rights.