Hansa Jivraj Mehta
Indian activist, educator, and writer (1897–1995) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hansa Jivraj Mehta (3 July 1897 – 4 April 1995)[1] was a reformist, social activist, educator, independence activist, feminist and writer from India.[2][3] She was one of only two women delegates working alongside Eleanor Roosevelt in the UN Human Rights Commission 1946-48 ensuring the wording "all human beings" instead of "all men" in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.[4]
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Born | (1897-07-03)3 July 1897 |
Died | 4 April 1995(1995-04-04) (aged 97) |
Nationality | Indian |
Spouse | Jivraj Narayan Mehta |
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