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Google Doodle celebrated Pacita Abad, Filipino artist and activist on Friday. On this day in 1984, Abad became the first woman to receive the Philippines’ prestigious Ten Outstanding Young Men award.

Abad, who was born in Basco in 1946, was forced to leave her home for the US in 1970 because of her political activism against dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Once in the US, Abad studied Asian history in San Francisco and became involved in California’s artistic community. She passed away in 2004.