[M M Mariyumma (1925-2022) is believed to be the earliest Muslim woman to secure an English education in Malabar, but her cousins the ‘Mayin sisters of Tellicherry’ — Amina Hashim, Ayesha Rauf and Haleema Abootty probably preceded her. This article relates her life.]
Today men and women enjoy equal status guaranteed by our Constitution. But there was a period when men dominated, especially in the field of education and occupation. Yet, there were people whose thought processes were ahead of their age. Such a family was Maliyekkal, a prominent Muslim family of Thalassery, Kannur. O.V Abdulla senior, a member of Maliyekkal was a well-known Islamic scholar and a commission agent in a tea estate. As a nationalist, ignoring the words of the religious heads, he made her daughter Mariyumma study at the Sacred Hearts English Medium Convent School.
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