Give me some information on Dr.Muthulakshmi Reddy
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Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy (30 July 1886, Madras – 22 July 1968) was an eminent medical practitioner, social reformer and Padma Bhushan awardee in India. She was the first woman legislator in India
Muthulakshmi Reddy was appointed to the Madras Legislative Council in 1927. For her, this nomination marked the beginning of her lifelong effort to "correct the balance" for women by removing social abuses and working for equality in moral standards. She was one of the women pioneers who stood for the cause of liberating India from the British. She was a women's activist and a social reformer.
Muthulakshmi Reddy was appointed to the Madras Legislative Council in 1927. For her, this nomination marked the beginning of her lifelong effort to "correct the balance" for women by removing social abuses and working for equality in moral standards. She was one of the women pioneers who stood for the cause of liberating India from the British. She was a women's activist and a social reformer.
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The road from Adyar Signal to Thiruvanmiyur signal (in Chennai) is called Lattice Bridge Road (LB Road); this English name was re-christened as Dr Muthulakshmi Reddy Road long back, but the old English name only prevails now.
Who is this Dr Muthulakshmi Reddy? In the princely state of Pudukkottai there lived Narayanaswami Iyer who married a devadasi by name Chandramma - this marriage created a sensation that time. To this couple, eight children were born out of whom four died as infants. Muthulakshmi was one that survived (born: 30 July 1886). M's sister Nallamuthu, learned English, went on to study in UK, became a Professor in QMC, Chennai, and later its Principal - the first Indian principal of QMC.
Muthulakshmi went to a school in Pudukottai till the age of 13; later she studied at home tutored by teachers. She passed matriculation in the year 1902. She started dreaming about becoming a graduate. Bur her father, with meagre pension could not send her out of Pudukottai and the Men's Only college locally would not admit a girl ! The Maharaja of Pudukottai intervened and he passed an order exempting her - so she joined the Men’s college, the first girl student of the college. At the college, one of her classmates was the great SATYAMURTHY IYER.
Muthulakshmi refused to marry but wanted to continue further studies. An old student of her father suggested that she could study medicine - and in spite of the opposition from her mother, she was brought to Madras by her father in the year 1907 for admission into Madras Medical College. On the very same day her cousin died at Pudukottai of childbirth, which gave her further impetus to pursue medical course.
As there was no hostel those days, Mr. PS Krishnaswami Iyer helped her to get a house next to his, and he and his wife took care of the young Muthulakshmi. This PS Krishnaswami Iyer was the father of Prof K Swaminathan, K Venkataraman, and Dr Sreenivasa Sanjeevi. (Read the most fabulous and most memorable write-up on Prof K Swaminathan, here
Who is this Dr Muthulakshmi Reddy? In the princely state of Pudukkottai there lived Narayanaswami Iyer who married a devadasi by name Chandramma - this marriage created a sensation that time. To this couple, eight children were born out of whom four died as infants. Muthulakshmi was one that survived (born: 30 July 1886). M's sister Nallamuthu, learned English, went on to study in UK, became a Professor in QMC, Chennai, and later its Principal - the first Indian principal of QMC.
Muthulakshmi went to a school in Pudukottai till the age of 13; later she studied at home tutored by teachers. She passed matriculation in the year 1902. She started dreaming about becoming a graduate. Bur her father, with meagre pension could not send her out of Pudukottai and the Men's Only college locally would not admit a girl ! The Maharaja of Pudukottai intervened and he passed an order exempting her - so she joined the Men’s college, the first girl student of the college. At the college, one of her classmates was the great SATYAMURTHY IYER.
Muthulakshmi refused to marry but wanted to continue further studies. An old student of her father suggested that she could study medicine - and in spite of the opposition from her mother, she was brought to Madras by her father in the year 1907 for admission into Madras Medical College. On the very same day her cousin died at Pudukottai of childbirth, which gave her further impetus to pursue medical course.
As there was no hostel those days, Mr. PS Krishnaswami Iyer helped her to get a house next to his, and he and his wife took care of the young Muthulakshmi. This PS Krishnaswami Iyer was the father of Prof K Swaminathan, K Venkataraman, and Dr Sreenivasa Sanjeevi. (Read the most fabulous and most memorable write-up on Prof K Swaminathan, here
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