Amelia Juico Gordon (née Amelia Nepomuceno Juico; September 4, 1919 – November 19, 2009) was a mayor of Olongapo City and mother of Senator and Red Cross Chairman Richard "Dick" Gordon.
Early life
Amelia Juico Gordon was born on September 4, 1919, to Juan Juico and María Nepomuceno y Espíritu. Due to financial difficulties, she was never able to finish high school.
Personal life
She married James Leonard T. Gordon, Sr., son of an American immigrant John Jacob Gordon, James Gordon became the First Municipal Mayor of Olongapo, Zambales. Amelia Juico-Gordon managed several businesses, and supported her husband with his career. She had five children, and supported abandoned children of the city. She began taking in abandoned Filipino-American children, adopting and raising them as her own, and even giving them her "Juico" last name.
As her husband was walking to the City Hall with people crowding around him, he was shot in the head by an operative of the opposition. She was left to raise her five children and also her adopted children, on her own.
Political life
After her husband's death, Olongapo residents petitioned Gordon to stand for election.