The political widow and former housewife led a revolution that restored power to the people in the Philippines and inspired millions across Asia.

1920's - 1930's - 1940's - 1950's - 1960's - 1970's - 1980's - 1990's January 5, 1987 Woman of the Year: Corazon Aquino Cory Aquino Leads a Fairy-Tale Revolution, Then Surprises the World with Her Strength By Pico Iyer. Reported by David Aikman/Washington, Nelly Sindayen and William Stewart/Manila. History, wrote Gibbon, is little more than a register of crimes, sorrows and misfortunes. It is, ...