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Angkatan Wanita Sedar (AWAS; Conscious Women's Front) was the first nationalist women's organisation in Malaysia. It was established in 1946 as women's wing of the Malay Nationalist Party (Malay: Parti Kebangsaan Melayu Malaya, PKMM). Aishah Ghani was the first president of AWAS. [1] The organisation was also led by Shamsiah Fakeh. At its peak ...
Raskova became a famous aviator as both a pilot and a navigator in the 1930s. She was the first woman to become a navigator in the Soviet Air Force in 1933. Raskova is credited with using her personal connections with Joseph Stalin to convince the military to form three combat regiments for women. The Soviet Union was the first nation to allow ...