Her father used to often ask her “Why do you think you were born into this world?” Every morning, Ivy Singh Lim, the Champion of Farming in Singapore, would look into the mirror and tell herself “You are beautiful and strong!” St Anthony’s Canossian Secondary School invited the Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame to set up a week long exhibition that showcased the stories of seven outstanding SWHFamers. As part of this exhibition, SWHF held an assembly talk, introducing the students to Ivy Singh Lim, who was a former Canossian girl herself. Ivy’s vivacious personality captured the attention of everyone. She took the girls on a trip to the 1950s…

Did you know that one of the first women to summit Mount Everest started her journey with a fear of heights? As impossible as that sounds, Lee Peh Gee, Team Member of the Singapore Women’s Everest Team (SWET) pushed on and challenged herself to overcome her fears. After her 5 year journey of climbing Everest, she summited and became part of the first Singaporean women’s team to scale Mount Everest. It is through the sharing of inspiring stories such as this that the Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame (SWHF) seeks to inspire younger Singaporeans to similarly dare to dream. In conjunction with International Women’s Day, Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School…