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Refusing a Life of Isolation, How an 18-YO Widow Became India’s 1st Female Engineer

Updated 1 Year Ago
By Dhimant Parekh

Refusing A Life Of Isolation, How An 18-YO Widow Became India’s 1st Female Engineer
Married at 15 and widowed at 18, Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha defied societal norms and chose to pursue a career and became India’s first female engineer.
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