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Encarnación Alzona

Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian and educator (died 2001)

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Born
March 23, 1895
Died
March 13, 2001
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1895

About Encarnación Alzona

Encarnación Amoranto Alzona was a pioneering Filipino historian, educator and suffragist. The first Filipino woman to obtain a Ph.D., she was conferred in 1985 the rank and title of National Scientist of the Philippines. Alzona was the first Filipino woman to have obtained a Ph.D. Even as American women won the right to vote in 1920, women in the Philippines, then an American colony, were not accorded the same right. Her first book, published in 1932, was entitled A History of Education in the Philippines 1565–1930.

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Encarnación Alzona timeline

  1. Even as American women won the right to vote in 1920, women in the Philippines, then an American colony, were not accorded the same right.
  2. Her first book, published in 1932, was entitled A History of Education in the Philippines 1565–1930.
  3. The first Filipino woman to obtain a Ph.D., she was conferred in 1985 the rank and title of National Scientist of the Philippines.

The world when Encarnación Alzona was born

Encarnación Alzona was born in 1895. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1895

  • Top movieWorkers Leaving the Lumière Factory (first public film)

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineCuban War of Independence begins
  • Technology milestoneLumière brothers hold first public film screening
  • World population~1.55B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population68.0M

1895 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Encarnación Alzona's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18952026
Population68.0M341 million

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