Sino si imelda romualdez marcos biography

Unexplained wealth. During her husband's year rule, Imelda Marcos ordered the construction of many grandiose architectural projects, using public funds and "in impossibly short order" [ 9 ] — a propaganda practice, [ 10 ] [ 11 ] which eventually came to be known as her " edifice complex ". Marcos and her family gained notoriety for living a lavish lifestyle during a period of economic crisis and civil unrest in the country.

Born into the Romualdez political dynasty from the province of Leyte , Imelda grew up in a wealthy clan of devout Catholics. At the time of her birth, the Romualdezes were wealthy.

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Around , the financial conditions of Imelda's family began to decline. Imelda's parents were separated for a time, during which Remedios worked for the nuns at the Asilo de San Vicente de Paul. In , after Conchita's birth, Remedios's health began to fail and she died on April 7, , due to double pneumonia. In November , [ 50 ] Imelda's father gave up Manila due to his declining fortunes in his law practice and returned to Tacloban , where he could support his family with a simpler lifestyle.

She grew up learning the Waray language , and then learned the Tagalog language and eventually English. Imelda finished grade one in the nearby College of the Holy Spirit Manila , where her older half-sisters also studied. The old wooden structure of the school still stands today four blocks away from the Romualdez house. At school, Imelda had to face her family's humiliating poverty, and she was frequently among the students who had to apologize for late payments.

In , the Romualdezes returned to Tacloban , and around that time, Imelda's father refused to let her go back to school. She finished her first year at the provincial high school where she was also chosen Miss I-A; then in her second year, she moved to Holy Infant and stayed there until she graduated. Imelda continued her higher studies at Holy Infant Academy from to , the year she graduated from high school.