Hannah Sen

Hannah Sen (1894–1957) was an Indian educator, politician, and feminist. She was a member of the first Indian Rajya Sabha from 1952 to 1957 and the president of the All India Women's Conference in 1951–52. She was a founder and the first director of Lady Irwin College in Delhi. She also represented India at the UN Commission on the Status of Women and at UNESCO, and was an advisor to the Indian government on the rehabilitation of women and children refugees after the Partition of India.