On August 1, 2009, President Corazon "Cory" Aquino died. The first woman to become president of the Philippines, Aquino also had the distinction of being the first president to assume the presidency without holding prior elective office. She was mostly a stranger to political campaigns, choosing to remain behind the scenes than to take the stage for her husband, Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. Her husband, however, would meet his demise upon returning to the Philippines in 1983, an event thr