Encarnacion Alzona is a noted Filipina historian, civic leader, and the first Filipino woman to obtain a Ph.D. She worked tirelessly to obtained women's suffrage which was granted only in 1937.

• Birthplace : Binan City, Laguna, Philipppines
• Birth Date : March 23, 1895 Died : March 13, 2001

• College : University of the Philippines
• Course : History
• Post Graduate (Masteral) : History from UP and another from Radcliff College, USA
• Post Graduate (Doctorate) : Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1923

• 1928 - elected as President of the Philippine Association of University Women
• Served as a History Professor at the University of the Philippines
• Chosen as the first president of the Kababaihang Rizal
• Chaired the National Historical Institute from 1959 to 1966
• Member, Philippine delegation to the UNESCO
• Member, Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines

1. 1934 - The Filipino Woman: Her Social, Economic and Political Status (1565-1933)
2. 1932 - A History of Education in the Philippines 1565-1930
3. El Llegado de España a Filipinas

1. 1985 - National Scientist of the Philippines

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