They dared to take up public office


  • Nation
  • Monday, 20 Aug 2007

MANY more women contributed as mothers of independence than the list below. They know who they are and their families can testify to their sacrifices. This selection is based on the wide variety of backgrounds and political channels that women took when they first broke into public life.  

Lady Rahiman Ariff (1900-1970) 

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