# Mya Sein
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{{burmese name|Daw}}
{{family name hatnote|lang=Burmese|Mya Sein}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix =
| name = [Daw](/source/Burmese_name) Mya Sein
| image = Daw Mya Sein.jpg
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| native_name = {{lang|my|ဒေါ်မြစိန်}}
| birth_name = Mya Sein
| birth_date = 13 October 1904
| birth_place = [Moulmein](/source/Moulmein), [Burma](/source/British_Burma), [British India](/source/British_India)
| death_date = {{death date and age text|10 November 1988|13 October 1904}}
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| occupation = Historian, educator, writer
| known_for = Burmese writer
| spouse = {{marriage|Shwe Baw|1933|1937}}
| children = Mya Baw
Mya Thandar
| parents = [May Oung](/source/May_Oung)
Thein Mya
| relatives = Tha Doe Oung (brother)
Tun Hla Oung (brother)
[Htaw Lay](/source/Htaw_Lay) (great-great-grandfather)
| awards =
| alma_mater = [Rangoon University](/source/Rangoon_University)
[Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University) (B. Litt.)
}}
'''[Daw](/source/Burmese_name) Mya Sein''' ({{langx|my|ဒေါ်မြစိန်}}; 13 October 1904 – 10 November 1988) was a Burmese writer, educator and historian. She led the [Burma Women's Council](/source/%3Asv%3ANational_Council_of_Women_in_Burma), served as a representative of Asia for the [League of Nations](/source/League_of_Nations) in 1931, and as a representative at the Geneva Women's Conference; she was recommended for roundtable attendance by the British government and by several international women's organizations.[{{cite web|url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/from-the-archive/no-soft-touch.html|title=No Soft Touch|work=[The Irrawaddy](/source/The_Irrawaddy)|date=14 September 2017|accessdate=8 November 2017|language=en}}][{{cite web|url=http://arakannew1.blogspot.com/2015/01/blog-post_2.html?m=1|title=ဒေါ်မြစိန် (၁၉ဝ၄-၁၉၈၈)|work=arakannew1|date=|accessdate=8 November 2017|language=my}}]
==Early life and education==
Mya Sein was born in [Moulmein](/source/Moulmein) (present-day Mawlamyine), [British Burma](/source/British_Burma). She was the youngest child of three of [May Oung](/source/May_Oung),[{{Cite book |last=Lewis |first=Su Lin |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Cities_in_Motion/AVGJDAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Daw+Mya+Sein+oxford&pg=PA123&printsec=frontcover |title=Cities in Motion: Urban Life and Cosmopolitanism in Southeast Asia, 1920–1940 |date=2016-07-19 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-10833-2 |pages=123 |language=en}}] a politician and legal scholar who served the [Minister of Home Affairs](/source/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs_(Myanmar)) of [British Burma](/source/British_rule_in_Burma), and his wife Thein Mya, a great-granddaughter of [Htaw Lay](/source/Htaw_Lay), Governor of Dala. Mya Sein attended the Diocesan Girl's High School and St. Mary's SPG High School. She was ranked as the fifth best high school student in the whole country in 1919.[{{Cite book |last=Ikeya |first=Chie |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Refiguring_Women_Colonialism_and_Moderni/8F4EEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Daw+Mya+Sein+oxford&pg=PA57&printsec=frontcover |title=Refiguring Women, Colonialism, and Modernity in Burma |date=2011-01-31 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |isbn=978-0-8248-6106-3 |pages=57 |language=en}}] Mya Sein was the first Burmese woman to graduate from [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University).[{{Cite book |last=Than |first=Tharaphi |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Women_in_Modern_Burma/2e4JAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Daw+Mya+Sein+oxford&pg=PA65&printsec=frontcover |title=Women in Modern Burma |date=2013-11-07 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-66663-8 |pages=65 |language=en}}]
==Career and works==
thumb|Daw Mya Sein at Burma Round Table Conference London in 1931[{{Cite web |date=2019-08-23 |title=On This Day {{!}} When Myanmar's Women Were Given a Seat at the Table |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/specials/on-this-day/myanmars-women-given-seat-table.html |access-date=2025-09-09 |website=The Irrawaddy |language=en-US}}]|307x307px
From 1931 to 1933, Mya Sein served as a representative to the [All Asian Women’s Conference](/source/All-Asian_Women's_Conference) in India and to the [League of Nations](/source/League_of_Nations) in [Geneva](/source/Geneva), Switzerland.[{{Cite web |last=Makepeace |first=Margaret |date=18 August 2015 |title=Miss May Oung at the Burma Round Table Conference 1931 |url=https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2015/08/miss-may-oung-at-the-burma-round-table-conference-1931.html |access-date=2025-09-09 |website=[British Library](/source/British_Library) |language=en}}] She also led the [Burma Women's Council](/source/%3Asv%3ANational_Council_of_Women_in_Burma).{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}}
Mya Sein attended the Burma Round Table Conference in [London](/source/London),[{{Cite book |last=Bauer |first=Gretchen |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Women_in_Executive_Power/rv1zVtHv3FQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Daw+Mya+Sein&pg=PA43&printsec=frontcover |title=Women in Executive Power: A Global Overview |last2=Tremblay |first2=Manon |date=2011-03-10 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-136-81915-5 |pages=43 |language=en}}][{{Cite book |last=O'Shannassy |first=Teresa |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Burma_s_Excluded_Majority/y3ChXg9JZqwC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Daw+Mya+Sein+oxford&pg=PA30&printsec=frontcover |title=Burma's Excluded Majority: Women, Dictatorship and the Democracy Movement |date=2000 |publisher=CIIR |isbn=978-1-85287-224-3 |pages=30 |language=en}}] despite how the [Governor of Burma](/source/List_of_colonial_governors_of_Burma), [Charles Alexander Innes](/source/Charles_Alexander_Innes), had not wanted her to be appointed due to her age and gender.