Editing Manuel L. Quezon (section)

====Women's suffrage====
[[File:President Quezon signing the Women’s Suffrage Bill.jpg|thumb|alt=Quezon signing the Women's Suffrage Bill in front of a large group of people|Quezon signing the Women's Suffrage Bill after the 1937 plebiscite]]
[[File:Philippine President Manuel Quezon broadcasts to home folks.jpg|alt=Quezon speaking into two NBC microphones|thumb|Quezon during a 25-minute broadcast to Manila from [[Washington, D.C.]], on 5 April 1937. He discussed women's suffrage and urged that the 10-year independence program be shortened.]]
Quezon initiated [[women's suffrage]] during the [[Commonwealth of the Philippines#Pre-War|Commonwealth era]].<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite book |last=Molina |first=Antonio |title=The Philippines: Through the centuries |publisher=University of Santo Tomas Cooperative |year=1961 |edition=Print}}</ref> As a result of prolonged debate between proponents and opponents of women's suffrage, the constitution provided that the issue be resolved by women in a [[1937 Philippine women's suffrage plebiscite|plebiscite]]. If at least 300,000 women voted for the right to vote, it would be granted. The plebiscite was held on 30 April 1937; there were 447,725 affirmative votes, and 44,307 opposition votes.<ref name="ReferenceA" />