Carmen Lim Planas (March 23, 1914 – August 25, 1964), known as "Manila’s Darling", was the first woman to be elected to any public offices in the Philippines when she was elected councilor of Manila by general suffrage in 1934. She would later serve as the capital city's Vice Mayor from 1940 to 1941 and again from 1946 to 1951.
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1916 Tondo, Manila, Philippine Islands
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1964 (aged 47) Chicago, Illinois, United States
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