Philippine Women's University | Josefa Jara Martinez Marker; Francisca Benitez MarkerPhilippine Women's University | Josefa Jara Martinez Marker; Francisca Benitez Marker is a Marked Structure, NHCP located at Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region.
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Philippine Women's University
Founded as the Philippine Women's College, 1919 by a group of Filipino women. Incorporated as University, 1928, By Jose Abad Santos, Francisca T. De Benitez, Ramona S. Tirona, Felicing Tirona, Clara Aragon, Conrado Benitez, and Joaquina Tirona. Officially recocnized, 1932, becoming the first university exclusively for women in the Philippines. Building used as USAFFE hospital, 1941; destroyed, 1945; reconstructed, 1946; first university to establish College of Home Economics, 1928; Institute of Human Adjustment, 1948; Seminar in Volunteer Community Leadership, 1950. Francisca T. De Benitez, first president.
Year Unveiled: 1952
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Francisca Tirona Benitez
Ipinanganak sa Imus, Kabite, 4 Hunyo 1886. Unang Pilipinang guro sa araling pantahanan, Philippine Normal School. Unang pangulo ng Philippine Women's University. Isa sa mga tagapagtatag ng Asociacion de Damas Filipinas, 1913; Philippine Women's College, 1919 (PWU); PACU, 1932; at CAWP, 1946. Tumanggap ng mga titulong pandangal na Dalubhasa sa mga Sining, NTC; Doktor sa Pilosopiya sa Letras, Centre College of Kentucky; at Doktor sa Pagtuturo, Lyceum. Tumanggap siya ng maraming parangal dahil sa kanyang paglilingkod sa bayan at sa pagtuturo para sa mga Pilipina kagaya ng Special Award of Merit, 1961; Rizal Pro Patria award, 1965; Presidential Merit Award, 1966. Namatay, 17 Nobyembre 1974.