Elifuraha Ndesamburo Urio Marealle (died 16 October 2015) was a Tanganyikan politician. In 1955 she was one of the first three women appointed to the Legislative Council.
Elifuraha Marealle | |
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| Nominated Member of the Legislative Council | |
| In office 1955– | |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 16 October 2015 (aged 86) Moshi, Tanzania |
Biography
editMarealle attended Ashira Girls School in Moshi,[1] and later taught at the school.[2] In September 1948 she married Thomas Marealle, paramount chief of the Chaga people.[3]
In 1955 she was appointed to the Legislative Council as one of the first three female members,[4] the only African amongst the three.[5] In the same year she was a delegate to the Marangu conference of the Lutheran Church as a representative of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanganyika, where she was a keynote speaker.[6] She became a member of the YWCA in the 1960s and worked at TANESCO.[2]
She died in October 2015 after several years of illness.[2]
References
edit- ^ Marja-Liisa Swantz (2002) Beyond the Forestline: The Life and Letters of Bengt Sundkler, p140
- ^ a b c Tanzania: First Tanzanian Woman LEGCO Member Dies Tanzania Daily News, 19 October 2015
- ^ Miaka 100 ya chifu Marealla Archived 2022-01-20 at the Wayback Machine Habari Leo, 14 February 2015
- ^ Councillors All Sydney Morning Herald, 12 May 1955
- ^ Tanganyika Gets 1st Negro Woman Legislator Jet, 26 May 1955
- ^ Journeying Together Lutheran Communion in Africa