Win Maw Oo
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Born19 November 1971
Died19 September 1988 (aged 16)
Yangon
Win Maw Oo | |
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ဝင်းမော်ဦး | |
 Photograph taken by Steve Lehman and appeared on the cover of Newsweek. It shows Win Maw Oo after she has been shot while two doctors carry her to an ambulance.[1] | |
| Born | 19 November 1971 |
| Died | 19 September 1988 (aged 16) Yangon |
Win Maw Oo (Burmese: ဝင်းမော်ဦး; 19 November 1971 – 19 September 1988) was a Burmese student activist who was killed during the 8888 Uprising in Burma (Myanmar).[1][2] She is considered one of the most prominent heroes of Burma's pro-democracy movement.[3][4][5]
Win Maw Oo, the eldest of six siblings, was born on 19 November 1971 in Kyimyindaing Township, Yangon. She went to Basic Education High School (4), Kyimyindaing.[6] She was a member of the Basic Education Students' Union (BESU).[7]