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Civilized Woman, A: M.L. Boonlua Debyasuvarn and the Thai Twentieth Century Manual Sale and up to the constitutional20 b&w illus., notes, bibliog., index Boonlua Debyasuvarn was born to a noble Siamese family in 1911 and not only witnessed, but participated in, the great events of her century. She was talented, intelligent, and determined to make her own place in the world beyond Thewet Palace, her family home. After the 1932 overthrow of the absolute monarchy, M. L. Boonlua became one of the first Thai women to earn a university degree. As an official in the