the Aurora Tower at the Araneta Center in Cubao, was named after her. Her foremost legacy in the field of education was Mount Carmel College of Baler (formerly called Mount Carmel High School), a Catholic mission school founded in 1948 by American Carmelite missionaries who came to this town upon her invitation. The Concerned Women of the Philippines named the Aurora Aragon Quezon Peace Awards after her in 1988. The award was called the Human Rights Award in 1981, and winners included the Free Legal Assistance Group, the Agrava Commission, Jose W. Diokno, Claudio O. Teehankee, the MABINI law firm, and Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, but it was changed to focus on peace in 1988. Aurora A. Quezon Elementary School in Quezon City is also named for her, as well as the municipality of Aurora in Zamboanga del Sur. According to folktales, Doña Aurora Quezon wished to have a flower entitled to her, thus the 'Doña Aurora' (Mussaenda philippica) flower. In popular culture Portrayed by Rachel Alejandro in the film Quezon's Game (2019). Notes References External links |- 1888 births 1949 deaths 1949 murders in the Philippines Assassinated Filipino people Deaths by firearm in the Philippines Filipino nurses Filipino suffragists People from Aurora (province) People from Quezon Aurora Filipino philanthropists First Ladies and First Gentlemen of the Philippines People murdered in the Philippines Filipino feminists Philippine Normal University alumni Spouses of presidents of the Philippines 20th-century philanthropists Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Merit (Philippines)