Our war heroine,Elizabeth Choy..(Research)

A volunteer, a Christian, a politician, a teacher, an ambassador - these make Elizabeth Choy.Although she died on September 14 aged 95, she continues to be a pillar of strength and wisdom for Singaporean youths:

"I would say my greatest calling in life is to build the character of young people - to teach God's love to them so they can be good people."

"I'm 93, maybe God will take me home tomorrow. But I'm satisfied for I have fought a good fight, I have finished the course, and I have kept the faith."

She is the First Asian woman on the Singapore Legislative Council and became Singapore's first female legislator.She won a Golden Heart Award from the Golden Years Fellowship in 1997, for her life-long commitment to social work. Elizabeth Choy left politics to go back to her first love - teaching. She worked as a teacher for 40 years and head the school for the blind.

This is i archive from ASK!.This is more on her career(teacher) between 1933 to 1974.

A quick timeline of her career:

1933 : Became a teacher at C. E. Z. M. S or Church of England Zenana Mission School (currently, St. Margaret's school)

1935 : Transferred to St. Andrew's Boy's School, probably the only untrained teacher at that time.

1949 : Began a stint as an artist's model, when she was 39 years old and was working in London. She posed for the famed sculptress, Dora Gordine, who did two works of her entitled Serene Jade and Flawless Crystal.

1950s : Returned to Singapore as Senior Assistant, or Deputy Principal at St Andrew's School.

End 1953 - beginning 1954 : Conducted a lecture tour of Malaya in the US and Canada at the request of the Foreign Office in London. Prior to the tour, she took time to visit Malaya to get a better understanding of the country. At that time, it was in the throes of Emergency.

1956 - 1960 : Became the first principal of the Singapore School for the Blind.

1960 - 1974 : Returned to St Andrew's Junior School and promoted to Deputy Principal in 1964.

Source: Singapore Infopedia

Link-http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/230370/1/.html
-http://nofearsingapore.blogspot.com/2006/09/war-heroine-elizabeth-choy-dies.html
-http://dl.nlb.gov.sg/ask/2006/09/elizabeth_choy_19102006.html
-http://infopedia.nlb.gov.sg/articles/SIP_816_2005-01-25.html

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