Cissy Cooray

Cissy Cooray
A South Asian woman, smiling, wearing glasses, with a phone to her ear.
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.[1][2]

  1. ^ Gunawardena, Charles A. (Ed) (2005). Encyclopedia of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 89. ISBN 9781932705485.
  2. ^ "Ceylon's First Woman M. P." Sunday Times (January 20, 1952): 12. via Trove