Justice Anna Chandy
● Justice Anna Chandy was born on 4 May 1905 in a Malayali Syrian Christian family in the then Travancore State (now Kerala), India.
● She was the first woman in the state of Kerala to obtain a law degree.
● In 1956, Chandy became a judge of the High Court of Kerala, much before Dame Elizabeth Lane became the first female High Court judge in Britain in 1965.
● Justice Anna Chandy was the first woman judge of India and the first woman in the country to become a High Court judge.
● Anna Chandy is also known as 'First Generation Feminist'.
● She became the founder and editor of the magazine 'Shrimati' in which she supported the rights of women. It was the first women's magazine in Malayalam language.
● After retirement, she worked in the Law Commission of India and wrote her autobiography while being there.
● Malayala Manorama serialized her autobiography in the year 1971,which was published under the title ‘Atmakatha’ in Thrissur by Carmel Books in the year 1973.
● She died on July 20, 1996.
