Corazon Aquino's Life in Photos

A Washington Welcome
Apart from winning the presidency, one of Aquino's sweeter triumphs was her reception in Washington in September 1986, where she was greeted at the White House by Ronald Reagan, the friend of her old nemesis. Her speech to a joint session of the U.S. Congress was widely praised and was interrupted numerous times by applause.

• Corazon Aquino: 1986 Woman of the Year