Career
Her parents, Toncho Postavchiyata (Тончо Поставчията) and Minka Toncheva (Минка Тончева), were from the village of Cherven. Obretenova herself lent major support to the revolutionary committee - she was famous for sheltering a number of revolutionary leaders. Baba Tonka buried Stefan Karadzha, and managed to preserve his skull.
Her sons Angel, Petar, Nikola, and Georgi (Ангел, Петър, Никола и Георги) took part in different detachments and were killed, or sent into long exile.
Her younger daughter, Anastasiya (Анастасия. Also called: Siya, Сия) married Zahari Stoyanov — a revolutionary, writer and publicist.
Baba Tonka Cove in Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Tonka Obretenova.