1. Name: Begum Bismillah Munawar
2. Occupation: Philanthropist and Pioneer of voluntary movements
3. Date of birth: 1921
4. Date of death: 1985
5. Education:
- St. George’s Girls Primary School (1939)
6. Contributions:
- The first Muslim head prefect of St. Georges’s (1936)
- The first Muslim woman to be admitted to Raffles College, Singapore, to study English, Latin and history
- Co-founded the Women’s Institute in Kuala Lumpur (1955), and the Pan Pacific Southeast Asia Women’s Association, with Toh Puan Saadiah Sardon (1964)
- Founded more than 15 rural daycare centres through the Women’s Institute
- Chairperson of the Selangor Women’s Institute, helped open branches in the rural areas of Selangor including kindergartens and home development workshops for Orang Asli women in Bukit Lanjan, Damansara
Source:
Khoo Salma Nasution, Alison Hayes and Sehra Yeap Zimbulis. (2010). Giving Our Best: The Story of St. George’s Girls School, Penang, 1885-2010 . Penang: Areca Books.
