BORN1935 INDUCTED2023 CATEGORYMedia & Entertainment THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME SALEHA MOHAMED SHAH When she was just 10, she was promised in marriage to a man in Penang. She refused to marry him and persuaded her parents to let...
BORN1961 INDUCTED2023 CATEGORYArts & Culture THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME OVIDIA YU Ovidia Yu has been described as Singapore’s first truly feminist writer and unabashed chronicler of all things female. She initially made her...
BORN1985 INDUCTED2023 CATEGORYUniformed Profession THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME LEE MEI YI In January 2022, Lee Mei Yi became the first woman in Singapore to command a fighter squadron. On 9 August 2022, in another first, she led the...
BORN1951 INDUCTED2023 CATEGORYArts & Culture THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME AMANDA HENG Amanda Heng is a pioneering contemporary artist, one of the first in Singapore to explore feminist issues in her work and to use performance art...
BORN1950 INDUCTED2023 CATEGORYCommunity & Social Work THE HONOURED INDUCTEES TO THE SINGAPORE WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME JANET LIM YUEN KHENG Janet Lim has been caught in the crossfire of warring factions in civil wars, lost in landmine-filled deserts, hitched...
