Career
Tan became one of three new female members to enter Parliament in 1984, together with Aline Wong and Yu-Foo Yee Shoon. The trio became the first women to serve in Parliament in fourteen years. She represented Ulu Pandan in parliament until her retirement in 1991.
She then worked as a family and marital therapist.
Doctor Dixie Tan died at Singapore General Hospital on 23 April 2014, aged 78, following a two-month illness with brain cancer. A fourth child died in 2013.
Her funeral was held at the Paya Lebar Methodist Church.
