Tyabji, Kamila (1918–2004)
Tyabji, Kamila (1918–2004)
Indian lawyer, social reformer and women's-rights activist. Born Feb 14, 1918, in Bombay (now Mumbai), India; died May 17, 2004; dau. of Faiz Badruddin Tyabji (chief justice); attended St. Hugh's College, Oxford, possibly the 1st Muslim woman to go to Oxford.
Practiced law in London for 25 years, and was the 1st woman lawyer to argue a case before the privy council; returned to India to set up the Women's Indian Trust (WIT), a charity providing women with training and employment (1968); represented India on the UN commission into the status of women and helped draft its declaration of rights for women.
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