Grace Paul
Tamil educator
Grace Jecks Paul (born 1901 – died after 1972) was a Tamil Christian educator from Sri Lanka. She was principal at three girls' schools in Sri Lanka, and a founding member of the Ceylon Federation of University Women in 1941.
Early life
Paul was born in Jaffna, to Tamil Christian parents, Rev. Isaac Paul and Elizabeth Holsington Paul. Her grandfather, father, and uncles were pastors, connected with the American Ceylon Mission. She graduated from Uduvil Seminary and Madras Christian College before attending Mount Holyoke College in 1920. At Mount Holyoke, she was president of the Cosmopolitan Club. She graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1924, and pursued further studies at Teachers College, Columbia University.
While a student in the United States, she attended the 19th Conference of Women's Foreign Missionary Societies in 1922, in Massachusetts. In 1924, she spoke at the Fourth Congress of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in Washington.
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