“I feel very humble because my activities in the war effort were trivial compared with those of people who gave their lives for their country.” 1053: Florence Finch Allied Spy During World War II Born: 11 October 1915, Santiago, Philippines Died: 8 December 2016, Ithaca, New York, United States of America Florence’s mother was Filipino…
926: Imelda Marcos Former First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986 Born: 2 July 1929, Manila, Philippines Imelda is most famous for her thousands of pairs of shoes and her overall extravagant lifestyle. When Imelda was eight, her mother died from pneumonia. Her father’s legal practice went bankrupt soon after, and the family…
772: Josefina Guerrero Leper and Spy in the Philippines during World War II Born: 1918, Lucban, Quezon Province, Calabarzon, Philippines Died: 18 June 1996, Washington DC, United States of America Full Name: Josefina Veluya Guerrero-Leaumax Josefina married for the first time when she was sixteen, but her husband left and took their daughter after Josefina’s…
These are the entries born on the various islands that make up the Philippines today. Entries: Florence Finch, Allied Spy During World War II Imelda Marcos, Former First Lady of the Philippines Josefina Guerrero, The Leper Spy of World War II Whang od-Oggay, The World’s Oldest Mababatok Tattoo Artist
485: Whang-od Oggay The World’s Oldest Tattoo Artist Born: 17 February 1917, Tinglayan, Philippines She has long been considered the last of the Mambabatoks (meaning tattoo master in the Kalinga Culture). Her style of tattooing uses thorns, soot, and a bamboo hammer instead of the now more traditional, western, style of electric machine guns and…