Celebrating our people.
The Iron Lady, Phooljarria Ramnarain

Phooljarria Ramnarain was born in 1854 Basti Faizerbad and arrived in Suriname when she was 28 years old with her son Hurdutt Sital Persaud in 1882. She was placed on the Jaglust plantation. She worked there for 7 years. She then left the plantation and became the first Hindustani woman to own her own rice plantation. She adopted 32 orphans from different ethnic groups and relics. This photo was made in 1905 in Paramaribo.