BORN 1857 INDUCTED 2014 CATEGORY Education THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Founder of Methodist Girls’ School Sophia Blackmore was born on 18 October 1857 to a devout Christian family in Goulburn, New South Wales. In her late 20s,...
BORN 1940 INDUCTED 2014 CATEGORY Community / Social Work THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Singapore’s longest-serving foster mother Indranee Elizabeth Nadisen began to find life boring when, in 1976, all of her six children were in school....
BORN 1932 INDUCTED 2014 CATEGORY Community / Social Work THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Pioneering social worker and key mover behind the Family Service Centre initiative A pioneer of the social work profession in Singapore, Thung Syn Neo...
BORN 1926 INDUCTED 2014 CATEGORY Community / Social Work THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Pioneer in social work education in Singapore Often described as the founding mother of social work in Singapore, Ann Elizabeth Wee arrived here in...
BORN 1925 INDUCTED 2014 CATEGORY Community / Social Work THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Pioneering medical social worker Daisy Vaithilingam was one of the first people to graduate from the University of Singapore (now the National...