Local elections were held December 14, 1937 in the Philippines. All Philippine women were allowed to vote and elect among them into public offices. One of the famous examples is the election of
Carmen Planas
Carmen Lim Planas (March 23, 1914 – August 25, 1964) was the first woman to be elected to any public office in the Philippines when she was elected councilor of Manila by general suffrage in 1934. She would later serve as the capital city's ...
as Councilor of the
City of Manila.
See also
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Commission on Elections
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Politics of the Philippines
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Philippine elections
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President of the Philippines
External links
The Philippine Presidency ProjectOfficial website of the Commission on Elections
{{Philippine local, barangay and Sangguiniang Kabataan elections
1937
Events
January
* January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua.
* January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ...
1937 elections in the Philippines