Corazon (Cory), born Corazon Cojuanco, was a daughter of wealthy landed family an was educated in Manila and at Roman Catholic convent schools in the United States. She graduated from Mount St. Vincent College in New York and studied law at Far Eastern University i Manila. She married Benigno Simeon Aquino (Ninoy) in 1954.

She graduated valedictorian of her elementary class at St. Scholastica's College and her first year in high school was spent in the Assumption Convent in Manila. In 1946 her family left for the United States and she was enrolled at Ravenhill Academy in Philadelphia. Corazon finished her junior and senior years at Notre Dame. In 1949, she entered Mount St. Vincent College in New York where she graduated in 1954 with a bachelor of arts degree majoring gin French.

Corazon Aquino became the first woman president of the Philippines in 1986 when she defeated Ferdinand E. Marcos. After she became president, she abolished the National Assembly and replaced the constitution with a new one that was adopted by popular vote in 1987. She had been married to Benigno Aquino , who was assassinated in 1983.