- Trinidad Roxas
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honorific-prefix =
name =Trinidad Roxas
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order=5th First Lady of the Philippines
term_start=May 28 ,1946
term_end=April 18 ,1948
predecessor =Esperanza Osmeña
successor =Victoria Quirino-Delgado birth_date = 1900
death_date = 1995
alma_mater =
religion=Roman Catholic
spouse =Manuel Roxas
children =
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Trinidad de Leon-Roxas (born Trinidad Roura de Leon 1900-1995) was the wife of Philippine President
Manuel Roxas and the fifthFirst Lady of the Philippines . They were married in 1921 and had two children, Ruby and Gerardo (Gerry).Mrs. Roxas was first lady at a time when the country had to rebuild itself and gather what was left after the destruction of the war. She got involved in various charitable organizations like the
White Cross and theGirl Scouts of the Philippines and restored the annualMalacañang Christmas gift-giving begun prior to World War II. The annual gift-giving has become a tradition to this day.
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