Awesome Women of Singapore

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  1. 3. Davies: Campaigner and spokesperson for women’s rights who fought for women’s economic, educational and social rights
  2. 5. First Singaporean appointed as the Director of the National Library
  3. 9. highest-ranking Singaporean in the United Nations system
  4. 10. Yong First Woman and First Asian to have won the Kenneth O. May prize for her contribution to mathematics
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  1. 1. First woman to become a Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police
  2. 2. Chai First Asian awarded the Star of Palestine
  3. 4. Yap first person to be awarded the President’s Science and Technology Medal, Singapore’s highest science and technology honour.
  4. 6. Devan first Asian to take the helm of a record label in Southeast Asia, who was responsible for signing on various Malay artistes in the 1950s and 1960s as well as documenting traditional Malay music
  5. 7. Zahara Founded Singapore’s first Muslim women’s welfare organisation, the Malay Women’s Welfare Association (MWWA)
  6. 8. Min Nature Society’s first female president who made significant contributions to environmental sustainability