Eva Estrada-Kalaw
| Eva Estrada-Kalaw | |
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| Senator of the Philippines | |
| In office December 30, 1965 – September 21, 1972 |
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| Mambabatas Pambansa (Assemblyman) from Manila | |
| In office June 30, 1984 – March 25, 1986 Serving with Lito Atienza, Carlos Fernando, Mel Lopez, Gonzalo Puyat II, and Arturo Tolentino |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Eva Reynada Estrada June 16, 1920 Murcia, Tarlac, Philippine Islands |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Political party | Nacionalista Party (1965-1971), Liberal Party (1971-present) |
| Spouse(s) | Teodoro V. Kalaw, Jr. |
| Relations | widow |
| Children | Teodoro E. Kalaw, III. Maria Eva Kalaw-Cuenca, Salvador E. Kalaw, Valerio E. Kalaw |
| Residence | Manila |
| Occupation | retired |
| Profession | Professor |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Eva Reynada Estrada-Kalaw (born June 16, 1920) is a Filipino stateswoman, served as a Senator in the Senate of the Philippines for 7 years. (1965–1972). Serving in Senate during the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos (Nationalist), she was part of a major transformation in Philippine domestic and foreign policies.
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Early life
Evangelina R. Estrada was born in Murcia,Tarlac, now Concepcion, Tarlac on June 16, 1920 to Dr. Salvador Estrada and Demetria Reynada.
Educational life
She earned her Bachelor of Science in Education major in Home Economics from the University of the Philippines in 1940.[1] She also took up post graduate studies in social work. In between her teaching stints at the Far Eastern University, National Teacher’s College and Centro Escolar College, Eva conscientiously engaged in social work for which she was awarded a citation for being the “Outstanding Volunteer Social Worker of the Year.”
Early career
Kalaw was elected senator in 1965 under the Nacionalista Party. She would later move to the Liberal Party because of abuses committed by Marcos and his cohorts, especially after the 1969 elections where Marcos was re-elected to the presidency. During this era of revising and strengthening the government, there was a major rise in student activism—primarily the activism was surged by the presence of governmental corruption and the US presence and dictation in the Philippines. Coinciding with this rise of activism, was the rise of violence and communist ideology. On August 21, 1971, a bomb exploded at a Liberal Party rally at Plaza Miranda injuring several officials, including Senator Estrada-Kalaw. From this point, the Senator was part of a major effort to protest the newly pronounced dictatorship of Marcos, who in 1972 enacted martial law and went on to extend his presidency without limit until its eventual cessation in 1981. She continued participation in the government into the next decade. She was an assemblywoman in the Batasang Pambansa for Manila. She unsuccessfully ran for Vice-President during the 1986 snap elections. After the famous Edsa Revolution, she ran but lost in the senatorial elections under the Grand Alliance for Democracy. In 1992, she ran for Vice President as the running mate of then-Vice President Salvador Laurel[lower-alpha 1] who ran for president but both lost respectively to Joseph Estrada and Fidel Ramos.
Non-political life
Eva Estrada-Kalaw was born in Murcia, Tarlac (now Concepcion, Tarlac) and was educated until she received her Bachelor of Science in Education degree from the University of the Philippines. While teaching in several colleges and institutions, she was an incredible volunteer and social worker and went on to receive awards for dedication to a prosperous society. Amongst these awards, she won a citation for being the “Outstanding Volunteer Social Worker of the Year.”
Some of the organizations she benefited and her positions were:
- The Jayceerettes Organization (First President)
- Founder and National Chairman of the Samahang Filipino
- Director of the League of Women Voters and the Chamber of Home Industries of the Philippines
- Board member of the Special Child Study Center for Retarded Children
- Chairwoman of the Youth Welfare Council
- Presidential Peace and Amelioration Campaign
- Rizal Red Cross
- Anti–Tuberculosis of the Philippines
- Civic Assembly of Women’s Clubs in the Philippine Association of the University Women
- Has a grand daughter named Evana
- Sigma Delta Phi Sorority
- Her residence along S.H.Loyola Street, Manila is the only remaining 1920s house in the area and is regarded as a landmark
Notes
- ↑ Salvador Laurel's first running mate was Rodolfo Ganzon, the former mayor of Iloilo City but Ganzon later withdrew from the vice-presidential race. Laurel subsequently recruited Kalaw to be his running mate.
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Pascual, I., De Leon, S., Chavez, L. & Sonido, D. UP Home Economics Alumni Association Directory. November 14, 1998
External links
- People from Tarlac
- Senators of the 7th Congress of the Philippines
- Senators of the 6th Congress of the Philippines
- Living people
- Filipino women in politics
- 1920 births
- Nacionalista Party politicians
- Liberal Party (Philippines) politicians
- Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Manila
- People from Manila
- Philippine vice-presidential candidates, 1992
- Philippine vice-presidential candidates, 1986
