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Google honors Josefa Llanes Escoda in 120th birth anniversary

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/09/20/20180920-google_1.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></figure></div>MANILA - Google honored the founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines, Josefa Llanes Escoda, on her 120th birth anniversary on Thursday. To pay tribute to her legacy, <a href="https://www.google.com/doodles/josefa-llanes-escodas-120th-birthday">Google Doodle</a> featured an image of Escoda, a hero during the Japanese Occupation period, in a green Filipiniana dress leading four girl scouts.Escoda, a native of Dingras town in Ilocos Norte, was an active and dedicated social worker. She was also an advocate of women&#x27;s right to suffrage at a time when only men were allowed to vote.Aside from founding the Girl Scouts of the Philippines, she also founded the Boys&#x27; Town in Manila for the underprivileged boys of Manila and the National Federation of Women&#x27;s Clubs.Escoda, dubbed as the &quot;Florence Nightingale of the Philippines,&quot; played a key role in providing aid to the prisoners of war during the Japanese Occupation period.&quot;Pepang&quot; as she was fondly called by her peers, and her husband, Antonio, were both arrested in 1944 and was executed the year after. Now, Escoda&#x27;s face appears in the P1,000 bill. A street in Manila was also named after her.

MANILA - Google honored the founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines, Josefa Llanes Escoda, on her 120th birth anniversary on Thursday.

MANILA - Google honored the founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines, Josefa Llanes Escoda, on her 120th birth anniversary on Thursday.