All You Need Is Love

Anna — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:10:00 EDT

[Manila, August 5. Image via Getty]

Filipinos flash the L sign with their fingers for 'Laban' (fight), the slogan of late former Philippine president Corazon Aquino, and hold up a magazine showing her portrait during her funeral procession in Manila on August 5. Over 100,000 people took to the rain-soaked streets of Manila on Wednesday to bid farewell to former president Corazon Aquino, whose 'People Power' democracy movement ended decades of dictatorship. AFP PHOTO/JAY DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)

Corazon Aquino, First Female President Of The Philippines, Dies At 76

hortense — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:30:00 EDT

Corazon Aquino, former President of the Philippines, has died at the age of 76 from complications brought on by colon cancer. Aquino, leader of the non-violent "People Power" movement, was the first female leader of the country.

Affectionately known as "Tita Cory," Aquino rose to power in 1986, effectively removing Ferdinand Marcos from power through her campaign of nonviolent resistance that began when she returned to the Philippines after the assassination of her husband, Benigno Aquino, Jr., (who was himself attempting to remove Marcos from power) in order to lead his funeral procession; two million people marched alongside her. Once in power, Aquino faced, and withstood, six coup attempts over the course of six years.

Though she left office in 1992, her legacy remains intact: "Ms. Aquino played a crucial role in Philippines history, moving the country to democratic rule through her nonviolent 'people power' movement over 20 years ago," White House Secretary Robert Gibbs tells the Associated Press. "Her courage, determination, and moral leadership are an inspiration to us all and exemplify the best in the Filipino nation."

Phillipines Mourns Democracy Icon Aquino [AP]
Corazon Aquino, Ex-Leader Of Philippines, Is Dead [NYTimes]

The Way We Were: Life Magazine Photos Of Women In The 1980s

Dodai — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:00:00 EST

As you know, the Life magazine photo archive is now online. We've been showcasing images of women in different decades. Although Life was a weekly until 1972, it hung around as a monthly until 2000.

But as the decades wore on, the magazine became less and less about America and more and more a celebrity-oriented publication; hence this star-filled edition of "The Way We Were: The '80s" (Previously:the '70s, the 60s, the '50s, '40s and the '30s.) In addition, we found very few Life covers from the '80s, though we did find covers of sister publication Time, so we threw those in. You do what you can!

And now: The 1980s.

Women riding exercise bikes at Krylatskoya Physical Fitness Clinic. Moscow, 1989.

Spin class 1.0! Why are there no shoes here? No Reeboks behind the iron curtain?

Actresses Beatrice Arthur, Estelle Getty, Rue McLanahan and Betty White of television series "The Golden Girls." 1986.

LOL at Bea Arthur's face. She is NOT amused.

Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg w. fashion designer Calvin Klein & his wife, Kelly at the Don't Bungle the Jungle rain forest benefit concert at Brooklyn Academy of Music. May 1989.

These were the days. Diane von Furstenberg wasn't wearing a wrap dress and Calvin Klein was married to a woman.

Astronaut Sally Ride, first American woman in space, zipped up in "sleep restraint" during flight aboard Space Shuttle Challenger II (STS-7). June 1983.

Creepy but cool.

Comedienne Joan Rivers, in a denim jacket, with her dog Spike at a press conference to announce that she is the new "No Excuses" jeans girl. New York, 1988.

Acid wash denim jacket FTW.

TIME cover 01/05/1987: Corazon Aquino, TIME's Woman of the Year.