Aurora Aragon Quezon (February 19, 1888–April 28, 1949), was the wife of Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines. She was ranked as the second first lady of the Philippines, and was the first spouse of a Philippine president to be called First Lady (the first wife of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo was not known as a First Lady, the honorific being unknown in the Philippines at the time). February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina (August 19, 1878 – August 1, 1944) was the first president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. ... Seal of the President of the Philippines The President of the Philippines is the head of state and of the government of the Republic of the Philippines. ... Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy (March 22, 1869—February 6, 1964) was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. ...

Quezon was born on February 19, 1888 to Pedro Aragon and Zeneida Molina, in Baler (then in Tayabas Province). During the Philippine Revolution her father was imprisoned in Fort Santiago, Manila, by the Spanish for being suspected as being a member of the Katipunan. February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... A round baler A baler is a piece of farm machinery that is used to compress a cut, raked, crop (such as hay or straw) into bales and bind the bales with twine. ... Tayabas was a province of the Philippines. ... The Philippine Revolution (1896—1898) is a conflict between the native Katipuneros and Spanish colonizers in the Philippines. ... Image:Fort santiago. ... Manila (Tagalog: Maynila) is the capital of the Philippines. ... The Katipunan was a secret society founded in the Philippines by Andrés Bonifacio aimed towards liberating the country from the Spanish colonizers. ...

After the Philippine Revolution her father was reunited with her mother and young Aurora, and her sisters, who had been ironically kept with the Spanish garrison during the famous Siege of Baler.

In 1911, Aurora went to Manila to study in the Philippine Normal College but had to stop her studies due to her poor health. In December, 1918, she married her first cousin Manuel L. Quezon (Aurora's mother, Zeneida Molina, and Manuel L. Quezon's mother, Ma. Dolores Molina, were sisters) in Hong Kong. They had four children: Maria Aurora (born in 1919); Maria Zeneida (born in 1921); Luisa Corazon Paz (born in 1924); and Manuel, Jr. (born in 1926). 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina (August 19, 1878 – August 1, 1944) was the first president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. ...

Her husband's career is well known: provincial fiscal from 1905-1907; Majority Leader of the First Philippine Assembly, 1907-1909; Resident Commissioner in the US House of Representatives, 1909-1916; first President of the Philippine Senate, 1916-1935; President of the Philippines, 1935-1944. 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... From 1907 until 1944, the Philippines sent what were called Resident Commissioners to the United States House of Representatives in order to represent the islands, which were a dependency of the United States at the time. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 - The Royal Army Medical Corps first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... The Senate of the Philippines is the upper chamber of the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, the Congress of the Philippines. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...

During her husband's political life, Aurora Quezon stayed in the background, involving herself with women's organizations such as the National Federation of Women's Clubs, of which she was honorary chairman. She was very active in the campaign to give Filipino women the right of suffrage (to vote), which was achieved in 1937. During her husband's term, she was particularly involved in managing their farm, Kaleidan, in Arayat, Pampanga, to demonstrate how Social Justice could be applied to landlord-tenant relationships in an agrarian setting. Pampanga is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. ...

She accompanied her husband to Corregidor in December, 1941, where her husband was inaugurated to a 2nd term as President, being sworn in by Chief Justice Jose Abad Santos on December 30, 1941. Corregidor - Landsat satellite photo from 2000 Corregidor and the entrance to Manila Bay Corregidor is an island in the entrance of the Philippines Manila Bay. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... Jose Abad Santos (top-left) is featured on the 1000-peso bill Jose Abad Santos (February 19, 1886—May 7, 1942) was the 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ...

Thereafter, in February, 1942, they began their long journey to escape the Japanese, finally reaching the United States in June of 1942. This article is about the year. ...

Manuel L. Quezon died of tuberculosis on August 1, 1944. Thereafter, Mrs. Quezon moved to California to await their return to their native country. She and her daughters volunteered as nurses in the Red Cross. August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total   - Width   - Length    - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 158,302 sq mi  410,000 km² 250 miles  400 km 770 miles  1,240 km 4. ... The Anarchist Black Cross was originally called the Anarchist Red Cross. The band Redd Kross was originally called Red Cross. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

When Mrs. Quezon returned to the Philippines in 1945, she was offered a slot in the Liberal Party slate for the May, 1945 elections, as a senator, but she declined. She however campaigned actively for Manuel Roxas who became the first president of the independent Philippine Republic. In 1946 she was voted a pension of 1,000 pesos a month by the Philippine Congress. She declined it: "I feel that on account of ... countless war widows and orphans ... I should waive collection of a pension . . ." her letter stated, "I cannot, in good conscience, receive ... Government assistance when so many of my less fortunate sisters and their children are not yet taken care of. . . I know [if I accepted] I would not be keeping faith with the memory of my beloved husband. . . ." 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Manuel Acuña Roxas (January 1, 1892—April 15, 1948) was the first president of the independent Republic of the Philippines. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

In 1947, the Philippine National Red Cross was established as an independent Red Cross organization, and she became the first Chairman of the Philippine National Red Cross, holding the position until her death in 1949. 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... The Philippine National Red Cross is member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. ... The Anarchist Black Cross was originally called the Anarchist Red Cross. The band Redd Kross was originally called Red Cross. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ...

She continued to be involved in civic work, such as the efforts to rebuild the Antipolo Church. As First Lady, she was the first First Lady to reside in Malacanan Palace, but she spent as little time as possible there, preferring to stay in a nipa house in Malacanang Park or in her farm in Arayat. She received honorary doctorates from the University of Santo Tomas, and from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. She received the Ozanam Award from the Ateneo de Manila University, and the Pro Ecclessia et Pontifice Cross from Pope Pius XII. The Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, or simply the University of Santo Tomas (UST) is a private Catholic university run by the Order of Preachers. ... This article is about the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. ... Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... The Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) is a private university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. ... Pope Pius XII (Latin: ), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (March 2, 1876 – October 9, 1958), reigned as the 260th Pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, and sovereign of Vatican City State from March 2, 1939 until his death. ...

On April 28, 1949 as she was on her way to inaugurate the Quezon Memorial Hospital in her home town of Baler, Aurora Quezon, her eldest daughter Ma. Aurora, son-in-law Felipe Buencamino III, Quezon City Mayor Ponciano Bernardo and several others were ambushed and killed by renegade members of the Hukbalahap, in Bongabong, Nueva Ecija Province. Her death shocked the nation. Time Magazine, in 1949, had remarked that “thousands of Filipinos regard her as a combination queen-mother and patron saint.” The circumstances surrounding her death inflicted a severe propaganda defeat on the Socialist Hukbalahap movement, waging a rebellion against the Philippine government. Whether fairly or not, the movement was blamed for the brutality of her murder. Quezon City P is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. ... The Hukbalahap was the militant arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), formed in 1942 to fight the Japanese occupation in the Philippines during World War II. The term is a contraction of the Filipino term Hukbo ng Bayan Laban sa mga Hapon which means Army of the... Bongabong is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ...

She was survived by her daughter, Ma. Zeneida, who remarried later on and became Mrs. Avancena, and her son, Manuel, Jr. her youngest daughter Luisa Corazon Paz had died as a baby.

Aurora Boulevard in Quezon City was named in her honor in 1951, and in the same year, President Elpidio Quirino created the Aurora sub-province, comprising Baler and surrounding areas in Quezon Province. In 1978, Aurora became a separate province. 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Elpidio Quirino Elpidio Quirino (November 16, 1890—February 29, 1956) was the sixth President of the Philippines. ... Quezon is a province of the Philippines located in the CALABARZON region in Luzon. ... Aurora is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. ...

The Concerned Women of the Philippines have named the Aurora Aragon Quezon Peace Awards after Mrs. Quezon to remind people of the fact that in times of violence, the first to suffer are the innocent.