How to Pronounce Fernanda Balboa
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Oct 08, 1902 Died on 24 May 1999 (aged 96)
Filipina civic leader
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About Fernanda Balboa
- Fernanda Salcedo Balboa (October 8, 1902 – May 24, 1999) was a Filipina civic leader.
- Daughter of Marcelino Salcedo and Maria Pilar del Prado, she became the head of League of Women Voters of the Philippines from 1947 to 1957.
- Under her decade of leadership, she transformed it into a corporation and fought for the approval of the New Civil Code.
- During World War II, she formed the Home for Convalescent Soldiers in Sampaloc, Manila and a community kitchen in Antipolo, Rizal.
- She also initiated the Women and Minors bureau of the Department of Labor and Employment.
- In 1957, she established the Children's Museum and Library.
