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	==Life==		==Life==
	Anna Chandy was born in 1905, in the erstwhile kingdom of [[Travancore]] and raised in [[Trivandrum]].<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Devika \|first1=J. \|title=Her-self: Early Writings on Gender by Malayalee Women, 1898–1938 \|publisher=Popular Prakashan \|isbn=978-81-85604-74-9 \|page=113 \|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Her_self/Xyr6gXmva-gC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=atmakatha+anna+chandy&pg=PA113&printsec=frontcover \|language=en}}</ref> She was an [[Saint Thomas Anglicans\|Anglican Syrian Christian]] who embraced [[Catholicism]], in later life.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Chandy \|first1=Anna \|title=Athmakatha (The autobiography of Anna Chandy) \|date=1973 \|publisher=Carmel Books \|location=Thrissur}}</ref> After obtaining a [[post-graduate degree]] in 1926, she then became the first woman in her state to get a law degree. She practised as a [[barrister]] from 1929 while simultaneously promoting the cause of women's rights, most notably in ''Shrimati'', a magazine that she both founded and edited.<ref name="devika">{{cite book \|title=Herself \|author=Devika J. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xyr6gXmva-gC \|publisher=Popular Prakashan \|year =2005 \|page=xxiv }}</ref>		Anna Chandy was born in 1905, in the erstwhile kingdom of [[Travancore]] and raised in [[Trivandrum]].<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Devika \|first1=J. \|title=Her-self: Early Writings on Gender by Malayalee Women, 1898–1938 \|year=2005 \|publisher=Popular Prakashan \|isbn=978-81-85604-74-9 \|page=113 \|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Her_self/Xyr6gXmva-gC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=atmakatha+anna+chandy&pg=PA113&printsec=frontcover \|language=en}}</ref> She was an [[Saint Thomas Anglicans\|Anglican Syrian Christian]] who embraced [[Catholicism]], in later life.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Chandy \|first1=Anna \|title=Athmakatha (The autobiography of Anna Chandy) \|date=1973 \|publisher=Carmel Books \|location=Thrissur}}</ref> After obtaining a [[post-graduate degree]] in 1926, she then became the first woman in her state to get a law degree. She practised as a [[barrister]] from 1929 while simultaneously promoting the cause of women's rights, most notably in ''Shrimati'', a magazine that she both founded and edited.<ref name="devika">{{cite book \|title=Herself \|author=Devika J. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xyr6gXmva-gC \|publisher=Popular Prakashan \|year =2005 \|page=xxiv \|isbn=9788185604749 }}</ref>

	Often described as a "first generation feminist", Chandy campaigned for election to the Shree Mulam Popular Assembly in 1931.<ref name="devika" /><ref>{{cite book \|title=Development, Democracy and the State: Critiquing the Kerala Model of Development \|editor-first=K. Ravi \|editor-last=Raman \|publisher=Routledge \|year=2010 \|page=179 \|isbn=9781135150068 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IGiMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA179}}</ref> She met with hostility from both her competition and newspapers<ref name="Mukhopadhyay">{{cite book \|title=The Enigma of the Kerala Woman: A Failed Promise of Literacy \|editor-first=Swapna \|editor-last=Mukhopadhyay \|publisher=Berghahn Books \|year=2007 \|page=113 \|isbn=9788187358268 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OZglbETspkcC&pg=PA113}}</ref> but was elected for the period 1932–34.		Often described as a "first generation feminist", Chandy campaigned for election to the Shree Mulam Popular Assembly in 1931.<ref name="devika" /><ref>{{cite book \|title=Development, Democracy and the State: Critiquing the Kerala Model of Development \|editor-first=K. Ravi \|editor-last=Raman \|publisher=Routledge \|year=2010 \|page=179 \|isbn=9781135150068 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IGiMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA179}}</ref> She met with hostility from both her competition and newspapers<ref name="Mukhopadhyay">{{cite book \|title=The Enigma of the Kerala Woman: A Failed Promise of Literacy \|editor-first=Swapna \|editor-last=Mukhopadhyay \|publisher=Berghahn Books \|year=2007 \|page=113 \|isbn=9788187358268 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OZglbETspkcC&pg=PA113}}</ref> but was elected for the period 1932–34.

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Justice '''Anna Chandy''' (1905–1996), also known as '''Anna Chandi''', was the first female judge (1937) and then [[List of high courts in India|High Court]] judge (1959) in India. She was, in fact, one of the first female judges in the [[British Empire]] next to [[Emily Murphy]].<ref name="AnnaChandy-Manu-2016">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1160604/jsp/t2/story_89159.jsp|title='Manu and the 'muse'|date=4 June 2016|website=[[The Telegraph India]]}}</ref>

==Life==
Anna Chandy was born in 1905, in the erstwhile kingdom of [[Travancore]] and raised in [[Trivandrum]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Devika |first1=J. |title=Her-self: Early Writings on Gender by Malayalee Women, 1898–1938 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-81-85604-74-9 |page=113 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Her_self/Xyr6gXmva-gC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=atmakatha+anna+chandy&pg=PA113&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> She was an [[Saint Thomas Anglicans|Anglican Syrian Christian]] who embraced [[Catholicism]], in later life.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chandy |first1=Anna |title=Athmakatha (The autobiography of Anna Chandy) |date=1973 |publisher=Carmel Books |location=Thrissur}}</ref> After obtaining a [[post-graduate degree]] in 1926, she then became the first woman in her state to get a law degree. She practised as a [[barrister]] from 1929 while simultaneously promoting the cause of women's rights, most notably in ''Shrimati'', a magazine that she both founded and edited.<ref name="devika">{{cite book |title=Herself |author=Devika J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xyr6gXmva-gC |publisher=Popular Prakashan |year =2005 |page=xxiv }}</ref>

Often described as a "first generation feminist", Chandy campaigned for election to the Shree Mulam Popular Assembly in 1931.<ref name="devika" /><ref>{{cite book |title=Development, Democracy and the State: Critiquing the Kerala Model of Development |editor-first=K. Ravi |editor-last=Raman |publisher=Routledge |year=2010 |page=179 |isbn=9781135150068 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IGiMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA179}}</ref> She met with hostility from both her competition and newspapers<ref name="Mukhopadhyay">{{cite book |title=The Enigma of the Kerala Woman: A Failed Promise of Literacy |editor-first=Swapna |editor-last=Mukhopadhyay |publisher=Berghahn Books |year=2007 |page=113 |isbn=9788187358268 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OZglbETspkcC&pg=PA113}}</ref> but was elected for the period 1932–34.

Chandy was appointed as a [[munsif]] in [[Travancore]] by [[C. P. Ramaswami Iyer|Sir C.P. Ramaswami Iyer]], the [[Dewan]] of Travancore, in 1937. This made her the first female judge in India and, in 1948, she was raised to the position of [[District Courts of India|District Judge]].<ref name="devika" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://cprfoundation.org/otherpages/01-cprmain.htm |title=First to appoint a lady advocate – Mrs. Anna Chandy — as District Judge. |access-date=2008-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705050015/http://cprfoundation.org/otherpages/01-cprmain.htm |archive-date=5 July 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> She became the first female judge in an Indian high court when she was appointed to the [[Kerala High Court]] on 9 February 1959. She remained in that office until 5 April 1967.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://highcourtofkerala.nic.in/frmrjudges.html |title=Former Judges of High Court of Kerala |access-date=2008-05-27 }}</ref>

In her retirement, Chandy served on the [[Law Commission of India]] and also wrote an autobiography titled ''Atmakatha'' (1973). She died in 1996.<ref name="devika" />

== See also ==
* [[First women lawyers around the world]]

== References ==
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((1. https://web.archive.org/web/20120304222528/http://keralawomen.gov.in/view_page.php?type=11&id=262))

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