Elifuraha Ndesamburo Urio Marealle (died 16 October 2015) was a Tanganyikan politician. In 1955 she was one of the first three women appointed to the Legislative Council.
Biography Marealle attended Ashira Girls School in Moshi,Marja-Liisa Swantz (2002) Beyond the Forestline: The Life and Letters of Bengt Sundkler, p140 and later taught at the school. In September 1948 she married Thomas Marealle, paramount chief of the Chaga people.Miaka 100 ya chifu Marealla Habari Leo, 14 February 2015
In 1955 she was appointed to the Legislative Council as one of the first three female members,Councillors All Sydney Morning Herald, 12 May 1955 the only African amongst the three.Tanganyika Gets 1st Negro Woman Legislator Jet, 26 May 1955 In the same year she was a delegate to the Marangu conference of the Lutheran Church as a representative of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanganyika, where she was a keynote speaker.Journeying Together Lutheran Communion in Africa She became a member of the YWCA in the 1960s and worked at TANESCO.
She died in October 2015 after several years of illness.Tanzania: First Tanzanian Woman LEGCO Member Dies Tanzania Daily News, 19 October 2015
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