Maria Dyer

Maria Dyer

Feb 11, 2014

BORN 1803 INDUCTED 2014 CATEGORY Education THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Founder of St Margaret’s School, the first girls’ school in East Asia Maria Dyer was a British Protestant missionary and pioneering educator who, together with her...

TLOW | School’s Out

Feb 27, 2019

Girl on fire Ironically, it was the impoverished, abused and orphaned girls who were the first in Singapore to get some formal education. The patriarchal attitudes of the times meant that fathers saw no need to educate daughters, and well-born women were not supposed...

AN OVERVIEW

Jan 9, 2018

An Overview In 2005, SCWO launched The Wall of Fame to honour some of Singapore’s pioneering women activists, educators and philanthropists. By 2010, there were nine honourees – Chan Choy Siong, Elizabeth Choy, Hajjah Fatimah, Maria Dyer, Seow Peck Leng, Shirin...
St. Margaret’s Secondary School Honours Alumnae

St. Margaret’s Secondary School Honours Alumnae

Mar 7, 2016 | EVENTS

A surprise special assembly was held held at St. Margaret’s Secondary School earlier this year on the first day of school. Upset that their long December holidays have come to an end, the girls were not in the perkiest of spirits. Some of the girls even told us before...

ABOUT

Feb 14, 2014 | Uncategorised

THE SINGAPORE WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME In 2005, SCWO launched The Wall of Fame to honour some of Singapore’s pioneering women activists, educators and philanthropists. By 2010, there were nine honourees – Chan Choy Siong, Elizabeth Choy, Hajjah Fatimah,...