1 / 9

Imelda Marcos

Imelda Marcos. By: Emily Graham 8 th Period . Leadership Qualities . Imelda Married Congressman Ferdinand E. Marcos in 1954; she later helped him get Senate and Presidency in 1965, by campaigning with him.

diallo
Download Presentation

Imelda Marcos

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Imelda Marcos By: Emily Graham 8th Period

  2. Leadership Qualities • Imelda Married Congressman Ferdinand E. Marcos in 1954; she later helped him get Senate and Presidency in 1965, by campaigning with him. • When widowed, she took control of the Philippines without anyone electing her or telling her to do so. • She served as a political leader in the Philippines in the 1970’s , 1980’s, 1990’s and 2000’s

  3. Imelda’s Followers KilusangBagongLipunan Philippine political party approved her and her husbands decisions. Though the Philippine people have no record of disapproving her, they were held under oppressive rule while she was in office.

  4. Imelda’s Unique Qualities • She was nicknamed the iron butterfly for her delicate appearance, yet selfish attitude towards the Philippine people. She appeared to be sensitive and loving of her people yet she stole from them. • “I will come up with a project that will wipe out poverty in the Philippines in two years. I want to remove the people from economic crisis by using the Marcos wealth. Long after I'm gone, people will remember me for building them homes and roads and hospitals and giving them food.” – Imelda Marcos • Imelda Marcos was a self-centered woman who loved money and fame more than anything. • "I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.”- Imelda Marcos • She was one of the 10 richest women in the world in 1975. • She was beautiful and talented. • She owned 2,000 pairs of shoes. • Marcos was the first wife of a foreign head of state to stand trial in an American court. • Imeldific is a word coined after former First Lady Imelda Marcos, an adjective meaning “ostentatious extravagance.”

  5. Positive Traits • She made elitist showcase projects such as a cultural center, plaza hotel, center for international trade exhibits, the international convention center, and the folk arts theatre. • She became a beauty queen at the age 18.

  6. Negative traits • She had an image as a patroness for the poor, yet she never made action behind her words. • “Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums.”Imelda Marcos • She claimed to care for her people, yet stole 200 million dollars from the Philippines and invested it in America. • “They call me corrupt, frivolous. I am not at all privileged. Maybe the only privileged thing is my face. And corrupt? God! I would not look like this if I am corrupt. Some ugliness would settle down on my system.” – Imelda Marcos • While many Filipinos lived in poverty, Imelda Marcos became known for her lavish spending.  • In addition to theft and corruption, the Marcos regime is also known for its oppressive rule. • She responded to criticisms of her extravagance by claiming that it was her "duty" to be "some kind of light, a star to give [the poor] guidelines."

  7. Imelda’s Background • Her paternal ancestors were wealthy, yet Marcos experienced a number of hardships at a young age. She lost her mother to pneumonia in 1938, and her father's law practice fizzled out around the same time. • Her immediate family struggled financially. • Imelda’s struggle financially at a young age did not affect the concern she felt for the poor as an adult, she continued to live in splendor.

  8. Imelda’s Fall • Imelda left the Philippines to escape from her charges she faced due to her thievery, when she returned she ran for president and lost. • Imelda may never fully emerge from her past, she is still facing charges from the funds she took from the Filipino government. • She is a present day politician, at the age 82. • The Philippine government today is still paying interest in public debts incurred during Marcos' administration. It was reported that, when Marcos fled, U.S. Customs agents discovered 24 suitcases of gold bricks and diamond jewelry hidden in diaper bags and in addition, certificates for gold bullion valued in the billions of dollars were allegedly among the personal properties she, her family, her cronies and business partners surreptitiously took with them when the Reagan administration provided them safe passage to Hawaii.

  9. Resources • http://www.biography.com/people/imelda-marcos-21062601 • http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/i/imelda_marcos.html • Encyclopedia Americana- International Edition M • http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/24/world/asia/imelda-marcos-fast-facts • http://www.google.com/imgres?q=imelda+marcos&um=1&safe=strict&sa=N&hl=en&biw=1920&bih=899&tbm=isch&tbnid=6n-alaqLwF8bPM:&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imelda_Marcos&docid=iKMofDTHO_Su7M&imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Ismelda_Marcos.PNG/220px-Ismelda_Marcos.PNG&w=220&h=413&ei=ahJvUenBDYakyQGUnYEw&zoom=1&iact=rc&page=1&tbnh=146&tbnw=81&start=0&ndsp=59&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:84&tx=35&ty=68

More Related