Fernanda Balboa, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Fernanda Balboa

Filipina civic leader

Date of Birth: 08-Oct-1902

Date of Death: 24-May-1999

Profession: community leader

Nationality: Philippines

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Fernanda Salcedo Balboa (October 8, 1902 – May 24, 1999) was a Filipina civic leader.
Daughter of Marcelino Salcedo and Maria Pilar del Prado, she became the head of League of Women Voters of the Philippines from 1947 to 1957.
Under her decade of leadership, she transformed it into a corporation and fought for the approval of the New Civil Code.
During World War II, she formed the Home for Convalescent Soldiers in Sampaloc, Manila and a community kitchen in Antipolo, Rizal.
She also initiated the Women and Minors bureau of the Department of Labor and Employment.
In 1957, she established the Children's Museum and Library.