Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz

1896 – 1979

Women of the Movement

Known for

Only Muslim woman delegate at the Round Table Conferences; Constituent Assembly member

Biography

A politician from Lahore and daughter of Sir Muhammad Shafi. She was the only Muslim woman delegate at the Round Table Conferences (1930–32), worked for women's rights in the League, and was one of the two women members of Pakistan's first Constituent Assembly.