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Muthulakshmi Reddy becomes first woman legislator in India
· Chennai
Doctor and reformer Muthulakshmi Reddy was nominated to the Madras Legislative Council, becoming the first woman legislator in British India.
Muthulakshmi Reddy, one of the first women to graduate in medicine in the Madras Presidency, was appointed to the Madras Legislative Council in 1926 at the request of the Women's Indian Association. She was elected deputy president of the council, the first woman to hold such a position. In the council she campaigned for the abolition of the devadasi system, against child marriage and for the welfare of women and children. Her efforts contributed to the Madras Devadasis (Prevention of Dedication) Act passed in 1947.
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