Grace Tucker

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use Indian English|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Grace Tucker

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| citizenship = India

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| party = Indian National Congress

| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly

| termstart = 1957

| termend = 1967

| constituency = Halasuru

| order1 =

| office1 = Deputy Minister of Education

| 4blankname1 = Chief Minister

| 4namedata1 = S. Nijalingappa

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| term_start1 = 1957

| term_end1 = 1967

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Grace Tucker was an Indian politician and a former Congress MLA in Mysore State who represented Halasuru from 1957 to 1967.{{cite web |title=Second Karnataka Legislative Assembly |url=https://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/member/2assemblymemberslist.htm |publisher=Karnataka Legislative Assembly |access-date=18 March 2025}}{{cite web |title=Third Karnataka Legislative Assembly |url=https://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/member/3assemblymemberslist.htm |publisher=Karnataka Legislative Assembly |access-date=18 March 2025}} She was the first woman to get a cabinet post in Karnataka, serving as the Deputy Minister of Education during the Nijalingappa ministry.{{cite journal |journal=Journal for ReAttach Therapy and Developmental Diversities

|last1=Kamble |first1=Shivanand Annappa |title=Political Participation and Dalit Women's Leadership in Karnataka: Analysis of 1952–2023 Election Results |url=https://jrtdd.com/index.php/journal/article/view/3014 |access-date=18 March 2025}} As the Deputy Minister of Education, she was involved with the Kothari Commission.{{cite web |title=REPORT OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION, 1964-66 |url=http://www.academics-india.com/Kothari%20Commission%20Report.pdf |access-date=18 March 2025}}