Teresa Hsu Chih

Civil Rights Leader

Birthday July 7, 1898

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace China

DEATH DATE Dec 7, 2011 (113)

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About

Singaporean social worker best known for founding the Heart to Heart Service and the Home for the Aged Sick organzations.

Before Fame

She worked as a convent clear in Malaya.

Trivia

She accepted the Special Recognition Award from the Singaporean government acknowledging her contributions to society in 2005.

Family Life

She, her two sisters, and her brother were raised by their mother in a single-parent home.

Associated With

She has been affectionately referred to in the press as "Singapore's Mother Teresa".