BORN1955 INDUCTED2019 CATEGORYSports THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME KANDASAMY JAYAMANI Queen of long-distance running In September 1973, when the SEA Games were held in Singapore, 17-year-old Kandasamy Jayamani skipped school and went to...
BORN1941 INDUCTED2019 CATEGORYSports THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME GLORY BARNABAS The Accidental Athlete Glory Barnabas’s running career began unexpectedly in 1963. Then a trainee teacher, she was asked to join the Teachers Training...
BORN1920 INDUCTED2019 CATEGORYMedia & Entertainment THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME ZAHRAH ZA’BA Pioneer of Malay broadcasting During the 1950s and 1960s, when radio was a major influence in the Malay community, Zahrah Za’ba ruled the...
BORN 1918 INDUCTED 2019 CATEGORY Education THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME EVELYN NORRIS Outstanding educator Evelyn Norris had a long and storied association with Raffles Girls’ School (RGS). She was a student, then a teacher there and,...
BORN 1901 INDUCTED 2019 CATEGORY Education THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Outstanding educator Liew Yuen Sien was just 26 when, in 1927, she gave up the adventurous life of a globe-trotting journalist to become principal of Nanyang Girls’...
