Maliyekkal_Mariyumma
Maliyekkal Mariyumma
Indian social reformer
Mariyumma Mayanali, known as Maliyekkal Mariyumma (1925 - 5 August 2022) was an Indian social reformer from Kerala, who is considered as one of the important icons in the history of women's progress in Kerala.[1][2] She was the first Muslim woman in Northern Kerala to get an English education.[3] When the Muslim community during her time turned its back on public education, Mariyumma, who was a member of the Thalassery Maliyekkal family, joined a convent school and passed the fifth form, equivalent to the present tenth class and learned English.[1] She is also known for forming the Women's Society and fought against the dowry system, which still exists in India.[4][5]