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Philippine Women's University

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    • Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
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A group of visionary women in the Philippines in 1919 sought to further empower women of the country by allowing them access to quality education. Under the American administrative oversight from 1900 to July 4, 1946, education and democracy were the core of America's goal in "developing" the Philippines, and among the first and perhaps more important American legacy is the recognition of "equality of women" in the Philippine islands, years before mainland America could embrace the concept. Seven women who were prominent members of then Manila's social elite--Clara Aragon, Concepcion Aragon, Francisca Tirona Benitez, Paz Marquez Benitez, Carolina Ocampo Palma, Mercedes Rivera and Socorro Marquez Zaballero--founded the Philippine Women's College (PWC) with the assistance of then prominent lawyer, Jose Abad Santos, who drafted the university's papers--its constitution and by-laws. Abad Santos was appointed by President Manuel L. Quezon to the Supreme Court of the Philippines just before the Japanese occupation as the 5th Chief Justice of the Philippines.^[1]

The American colonial government gave Philippine Women's College its recognition as a university in 1932, thirteen since the school opened its doors to women aspiring for higher education. From 1932 up to the outbreak of the Second World War, Philippine Women's University opened its Department of Child Development and in 1938, a course in Social Civic training was incorporated in the curriculum of the collegiate department. The various academic programs of the university were based on the founder's objectives to train Filipino girls in civic responsibility. Established families from all over the Philippines who could afford higher education sent their daughters to PWU, a non-sectarian institution. Most academic institutions offering higher education at that time were exclusively for boys, like PWU's neighbor, De La Salle College. Schools for women offering higher education were operated by secular or religious sisters of the Roman Catholic Church,including PWU neighbor, Santa Isabel College, also located along Taft Avenue.^[1]

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  • Anzures, Reginald Angelo
  • Calina, Maria Isabel
  • De Guzman, Mona Lissa
  • Rivera, Ma. Angelei
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