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In 1975, Poonoosamy was elected a Member of Parliament, becoming the country's first female minister, the inaugural minister in charge of the Ministry of Women's Affairs, and helped pass laws against sex discrimination.
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Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong; Mr. Steven J. Niven (2 February 2012).
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in 1952. She became a naturalized citizen, and continued her activism there within Mauritius's
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She married the physician Dr. Valaydon Poonoosamy, and they settled in
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Akyeampong, Emmanuel K; Gates, Henry Louis, eds. (2012).
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She was born Radha Padayachee on 18 September 1924 in
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"Poonoosamy, Radha - Oxford Reference"
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10.1093/acref/9780195382075.001.0001
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9780195382075





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