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                        Chakko, Sarah
                    
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                        Sarah Chakko was a
                        Syrian Orthodox lay woman from Kerala, India who became an international ecumenical
                        leader. She was elected president of the World Council of Churches (1951).
                        She spoke at the World Council of Churches "First Assembly" held in
                            Amsterdam in 1948. She was appointed to serve as
                        an official delegate of the Syrian Orthodox Church to the World Council of
                        Churches' "Second Assembly" in Evanston, Illinois
                        (U.S.A.) but died suddenly a few months before the meeting occured. As an
                        educator from Trichur, Kerala in India, she was active in youth organizations sponsored by
                        the Methodist church. She studied at the graduate level at several
                        universities including taking an M.A. in Education at the
                            University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
                            (U.S.A.). She served for nearly a decade as the principle of
                            Isabella Thoburn College in
                            Lucknow, India. In 1952, she
                        hosted the first World Council of Churches Central Committee meeting in
                            Asia at the college.
                    
                        February 13, 1905
                    
                    
                        January 25, 1954
                    
                    female
                    
                        President of the World Council of Churches
                    
                    
                        Principle of Isabella Thoburn College
                    
                    
                        Syriac Orthodox
                    
                    
                        Methodist
                    
                    
                        Author
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                Margaret
                                Kurian
                            
                        
                        Sarah Chakko
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                M.
                                Kurian
                            
                        
                        Sarah Chakko: A Voice of Women in Ecumenical
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                                Leonie
                                Liveris
                            
                        
                        Ancient Taboos and Gender Prejudice:
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