1. Name: Aisha Hanum Dadameah, Hajjah
2. Occupation: Educationist
3. Date and place of birth: February 29, 1916, Penang
4. Date of deceased: 1973
5. Spouse: Beh Teik Chooi @ Burhan Tajuddin Beh
6. Education:
- St. George’s Girls School, Penang
- Malay School
7. Contributions:
- Headmistress, Sek. Men. Keb (P) Alor Star
- Chairman, Women’s Teachers’ Union
- Committee Member of British Red Cross Society
- Honorary Secretary of Malay Women’s League
- Committee Member of Penang Welfare Committee
- Assistant Commissioner for Guides and Brownies
- Advisory Board of Committee, St. George’s Girls School, Penang
- Member of Federation of Malaya Nursing Board, Kuala Lumpur
- Committee of Penang Muslim Orphanage
- The first Malay girl to pass the Cambridge School Certificate
7. Honours & Awards:
- Pingat Jasa Kebaktian
Source:
Victor J. Morais (Ed.) (1959). The Leaders of Malaya and Who’s Who 1959-1960 . Singapore: Fisher.
Victor J. Morais (Ed.) (1965). The Who’s Who in Malaysia 1965. Kuala Lumpur: Victor J. Morais.
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