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Forbes magazine's 100 Most Powerful Woman in the World (from 2004 to 2009) – she ranked 4th in the 2005 list [156] Member, Council of Women World Leaders [ 157 ] Don Quijote International Award (category: mejor labor institucional – Best institutional work) from Spain's King Juan Carlos (April 15, 2010) [ 158 ] [ 159 ]
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Even as American women won the right to vote in 1920, women in the Philippines, then an American colony, were not accorded the same right. As early as 1919, Alzona spoke in favor of conferring the right of suffrage to Filipino women, in an article she published in the Philippine Review. [7]
Carmen Planas – known as "Manila's Darling", was the first woman to be elected to any public offices in the Philippines when she was elected councilor of Manila by general suffrage in 1934. She would later serve as the capital city's Vice Mayor from 1940 to 1941 and again from 1946 to 1951.
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Bong Coo on a 2022 stamp of the Philippines. Olivia "Bong" Coo [13] (born June 3, 1948) is a Filipino sports administrator and retired professional bowler.She is regarded as the most decorated Filipino athlete. [14]
The company became a real family business and grew into a chain of bookstores with branches throughout the country. In the 1990s, the chain had about 50 branches. Twenty years later, there were 145. The National Book Store became the largest bookstore chain in the Philippines and one of the largest companies in the Philippine retail industry. [3]
Darna (Tagalog pronunciation:) is a superhero appearing in Filipino comic books created by writer Mars Ravelo and artist Nestor Redondo.The character was introduced during the Golden Age of Comic Books, debuting in Pilipino Komiks #77 on May 13, 1950. [2]