Fanny Aldaba-Lim
AKA Estefania Aldaba-Lim
- 1st Filipina to become special ambassador to the United Nations, with the rank of assistant secretary general during the International Year of the Child (1979)
- 1st Filipina clinical psychologist (1948)
- Founding President of the Museo Pambata, the first children’s museum in the Philippines (1994)
QUOTE
“I am not confined to my own particular field -- say, Psychology -- but can range freely in any direction because I have made myself participate in the entire gamut of human endeavor and can say, I have proved competent in various areas.”
ALIAS
"Tita Fanny" (Aunt Fanny)
DATE OF BIRTH
January 6, 1917
BIRTHPLACE
Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines
HUSBAND: Luis Lim Sr.
Estefania and Luis had six children.
YEAR OF DEATH
March 7, 2006
USEFUL LINKS
'Fantastic' role model, trailblazer, buried today
Resolution Honoring the Life and Legacy of Dr. Estefania Aldaba-Lim
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