BORN 1936 INDUCTED 2015 CATEGORY Advocacy & Activism THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Champion of civil society Constance Singam came late to activism, only getting involved, slowly, after she was widowed in 1978 at the age of 42. For...
BORN 1948 INDUCTED 2015 CATEGORY Advocacy & Activism THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Champion of the rights of migrant workers The founder and director of non-profit organisation Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics...
BORN 1854 INDUCTED 2015 CATEGORY Environment / Conservation THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME First woman in the world to breed a hybrid orchid Agnes Joaquim was born in Singapore in 1854, the second child and eldest daughter of a prominent...
BORN 1959 INDUCTED 2015 CATEGORY Uniformed Professions THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Trailblazer in the Singapore Armed Forces Koh Chai Hong made Singapore military history in 1999 when, together with another woman Major, she was...
BORN 1917 INDUCTED 2015 CATEGORY Environment / Conservation THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Philanthropist and pioneering conservationist Yuen Peng McNeice was a philanthropist and conservationist who championed the preservation of the...
