Cissy Cooray

Cissy Cooray
Cissy Cooray, from a 1952 Australian newspaper.
Born8 June 1889
Died6 November 1965
Known forFirst woman to be appointed to the Senate of Ceylon (1948)

Cissy Cooray, OBE (8 June 1889 – 6 November 1965) was a Ceylonese social worker and the first woman to be appointed to the Senate of Ceylon.

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