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PETALING JAYA: Education stalwart Rasammah Bhupalan died today at the age of 98.
According to an announcement by her family, a wake will be held at her residence in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow night.
A social activist known for her work in advancing education and social rights for women, Rasammah is survived by three children, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
At the age of 16, she joined the women’s wing of the Indian National Army against the British and served in Myanmar, then known as Burma.
She returned to Malaya in 1945 to continue her secondary education after contracting malaria.
She graduated from the University of Malaya in Singapore in June 1953, and began her teaching career at Methodist Girls School in Penang.
Rasammah went on to form the Women Teachers’ Union in 1960 and became the principal of Methodist Girls’ School in Kuala Lumpur.
During this time, she was an active proponent of gender equality in Malaysia and pushed for all women teachers to receive equal pay.
Rasammah’s efforts received recognition in 1986 when she was given the Tokoh Guru award.
Beyond the education sector, she campaigned for pension packages and for the minimum wage to be raised, while speaking up against domestic violence and rape.
Rasammah was also the founder of the YWCA Vocational Training Opportunity Centre for girls from lower-income households, and a co-founder of the National Council of Women’s Organisations.
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