PSB Women's Month

The Philippine president who signed the Proclamation No. 224 that declares that the first week of March of every year be Women's Week.

• Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

• Corazon Aquino

• Diosdado Macapagal

• Carlos P. Garcia

An Ilocana warrior and first Filipina to lead an uprising against a foreign power.

• Tandang Sora

• Gabriela Silang

• Teresa Magbanua

• Josefa Llanes Escoda

A single mother and was fondly called the mother of the Revolution.

• Josefa Escoda

• Gabriela Silang

• Teresa Magbanua

• Tandang Sora

She is a Filipino-German beauty queen who participated in the 64th Miss Universe pageant where she is crowned Miss Universe 2015.

• Sam Pinto

• Pia Wurtzbach

• Catriona Gray

• Megan Young

She was the first Asian female to play Éponine and Fantine in the Broadway musical Les Misérables.

• Paz Marquez-Benitez

• Lea Salonga

• Sarah Geronimo

• Anastacia Giron-Tupas

She wrote the first modern short story in English entitled, Dead Stars which was published in 1925. She was also the mentor of the first generation of Filipino writers in English.

• Angelita Castro-Kelly

• Maria Ressa

• Nesthy Petecio

• Paz Marquez-Benitez

The first Filipino who won the country's first Olympic gold medal.

• Gloria Diaz

• Maria Ressa

• Nesthy Petecio

• Hidilyn Diaz

The first time Filipina who brought home the crown for winning the Miss Universe pageant in 1969.

• Gloria Diaz

• Catriona Gray

• Maria Ressa

• Angelita Castro-Kelly

She was the founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines.

• Agueda Kahabagan

• Trinidad Tecson

• Magdalena Leones

• Josefa Llanes Escoda

She was a pioneering physicist and scientist, who coined the term radioactivity, discovered two new elements (radium and polonium) and developed a portable x-ray machine.

• Rosalind Franklin

• Marie Curie

• Lise Meitner

• Mary Anning