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As everyone anticipates what has been described as a watershed election on May 9, one that is hoped to grant power to deserving selfless individuals who will genuinely work towards a more equitable society, a book that looks closely at patronage politics in the country is timely: “Patronage Democracy in the Philippines: Clans, Clients, and Competition in Local Elections” edited by Julio C. Teehankee and Cleo Anne A. Calimbahin (Bughaw, Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2022).
It seems timely that as Women’s Month ends and Earth Day on April 22 beckons, the lives of two women pioneers and their lifelong advocacies to Planet Earth and the environment are recognized. They are neither the superstars nor the household names that they should be, unfortunately.