The Philippine Women’s University

Location: Philippine Women's University, Taft Avenue cor. Gen. Miguel Malvar Street, Malate, Manila

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1952

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

THE 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 RECOGNIZED, 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.