BORN 1945 INDUCTED 2016 CATEGORY Government THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME First Female Career Ambassador Jayalekshmi (Jaya) Mohideen became Singapore’s first female career ambassador in 1989 when she was appointed Ambassador to Belgium,...
BORN 1903 INDUCTED 2016 CATEGORY Sports THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME A pioneering and outstanding sportswoman Alice Edith Wilhemina Patterson, better known as Alice Pennefather, was one of the most outstanding sportswomen of her time....
BORN 1936 INDUCTED 2016 CATEGORY Sports THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Pioneering athlete Janet Jesudason was a pioneer athlete who represented Singapore at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, one of just two women in the Singapore...
BORN 1948 INDUCTED 2016 CATEGORY Health THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME Orthopaedic surgeon and medical aid worker extraordinaire She was busy with her work as an orthopaedic surgeon in London when, in August 1982, an international appeal...
