Who is Sharmila Mona Sinha? The '3rd daughter' who became a US Hall of Famer
Sharmila Mona Sinha, a Kolkata-born executive, has been inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame for her contributions to women's equality. Her journey spans from her upbringing in India to a successful career on Wall Street and global advocacy.
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Celebrates the achievements of women in leadership and highlights the impact of cross-cultural advocacy for gender equality.
TOI correspondent from Washington: As a little girl growing up in Calcutta, Sharmila Mona Sinha was often reminded of a familiar Indian “disappointment”: she was the third daughter. In a society where the arrival of a son was treated as a family dividend and another daughter as a deficit, she absorbed the message early and decided to do something about it. “I wanted to be a boy and do what boys did,” she recalled.Last week, the Kolkata-born daughter entered the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York - the cradle of the American women’s-rights movement - becoming only the second woman of Indian origin to receive the honour, after former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi.
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