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Eva Estrada Kalaw

Evangelina Reynada Estrada-Kalaw was a Filipina politician who served as a senator in the Senate of the Philippines from 1965 to 1972 during the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos. She was one of the key opposition figures against Marcos' 20-year authoritarian rule and was instrumental in his downfall during the People Power Revolution in 1986. As a senator, she wrote several laws relating to education in the Philippines, such as the salary standardization for public school personnel, the Magna Carta for Private Schools, the Magna Carta for Students, and an act to institute a charter for Barrio High Schools. She was also among the Liberal Party candidates injured during the Plaza Miranda bombing on August 21, 1971.

Si Evangelina Estrada Kalaw ay isang politiko sa Pilipinas. Pitong taon siyang nagsilbi bilang mambabatas sa Kongreso ng Pilipinas noong 1965 hanggang 1972.

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