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Eva Estrada Kalaw (née Evangelina Reynada Estrada; June 16, 1920 – May 25, 2017) was a Filipina politician who served as a senator in the Senate of the Philippines from 1965 to 1972 during the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos.She was one of the key opposition figures against Marcos' 20-year authoritarian rule and was instrumental in his downfall during the People Power Revolution in 1986.
Sep 22, 2020 · Eva Kalaw, the Lone Woman Senator. I n 1965, Eva Kalaw became the lone woman candidate running for the senate. At the time, it was very hard for women to secure seats at the senate because of the prevailing machismo within political circles.
Eva Estrada Kalaw. Senator Eva Estrada Kalaw was born in Murcia, Tarlac, to Dr. Salvador Estrada and Demetria Reynada. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Education degree from the University of the Philippines. She also took up post graduate studies in social work.
May 27, 2017 · Eva Estrada Kalaw was the vocal, outgoing and dynamic type of woman. Teodoro Kalaw was a mild-mannered businessman who preferred a quiet, private life. After the war, Teodoro Kalaw put up several successful enterprises, while Eva Estrada Kalaw became noted for civic and humanitarian causes.
May 26, 2017 · Former Sen. Eva Estrada Kalaw, an active leader of the opposition to the martial law regime of President Ferdinand Marcos, died at the age of 96 on Thursday, May 25, barely a month before her 97th ...
May 25, 2017 · Estrada-Kalaw served in the Senate from 1965 to 1972 and was the first woman reelected as senator. ... MANILA, Philippines – Former senator Eva Estrada-Kalaw died on Thursday, May 25, ...
Oct 27, 2008 · And yet it was during the years of the Japanese Occupation that Eva Estrada became Eva Estrada Kalaw, marrying Teodoro Kalaw Jr., a veteran of the Death March, on June 11, 1944. For nine years she lived the life of a housewife, until the election of 1953, when she plunged into politics.
Jun 1, 2017 · Former senator Evangelina "Eva" Estrada Kalaw was remembered on Thursday by her former colleagues and friends as one of the prominent voices who fought the Marcos dictatorship. The Senate held a necrological service for the former senator who passed away last May 25 at the age of 96.
May 25, 2017 · Former senator Eva Estrada-Kalaw, a staunch activist during the Marcos regime, has passed away at 96 years old. In a post on Thursday afternoon, her granddaughter Ria wrote: “To me she is Lola Eva. She has joined our creator to meet Lolo Ted in heaven today, May 25, 2017. Please include her in your prayers. May her soul rest in peace.”
AKBAYAN SENATOR RISA HONTIVEROS' EULOGY FOR SENATOR EVA ESTRADA KALAW. We have no words for what the country has lost. Most of us remember Eva Estrada Kalaw as a distinguished Senator; history immortalizes her as a survivor of the horrific Plaza Miranda bombing, a key opposition figure who was twice imprisoned for standing up against Ferdinand Marcos' Martial Law, and a fierce advocate of ...
