| 词条 | Cissy Cooray |
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She was a co-founder of the Lanka Mahila Samitiya in 1931,[2] which has since become the country's largest women's voluntary organisation, where she was a member for 35 years and the president for ten years between 1943 and 1953.[1][3] In 1941 she was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for her work in social welfare services in Ceylon.[4] Cooray was also active in the Ceylon Social Service League and the Girl Guide movement.[1] In 1948 she was appointed as a member of the Senate of Ceylon a position she retained until 1952.[1][5] Cooray died on 6 November 1965, at the age of 76.[6][7] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Sri Lanka|author=Gunawardena, Charles A. (Ed)|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd|date=2005|page=89|isbn=9781932705485}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cooray, Cissy}}{{SriLanka-bio-stub}}2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/women.html|title=Women who excelled in social activities and service in Sri Lanka |date=29 August 1999|newspaper=Sunday Times|accessdate=22 August 2017}} 3. ^{{cite journal|title=Handbook of the Lanka Mahila Samiti|publisher=Central Board of the Lanka Mahila Samiti|date= 1983|pages=17–18}} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=35184 |date=6 June 1941 |pages=3281–3302 |supp=y}} 5. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2003/03/08/fea01.html|title=Women - the race is yet to be won|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019012116/http://www.dailynews.lk/2003/03/08/fea01.html|first=Neetha S.|last=Ratnapala|newspaper=Daily News|date=8 March 2003|archivedate=19 October 2012|accessdate=22 August 2017}} 6. ^{{cite journal|title=Parliamentary Debates|volume=22|issue=16–27|publisher=Parliament of Ceylon|page=2732|date=1965}} 7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2009/11/01/jun01.asp|title=Birth and death anniversaries from November 1 - November 7|newspaper=Sunday Observer|accessdate=22 August 2017}} 7 : 1889 births|Sri Lankan social workers|Members of the Senate of Ceylon|Ceylonese Officers of the Order of the British Empire|1965 deaths|Ceylonese people of World War II|Sinhalese politicians |
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