Women · By cause
A collection · 32 women · 12 countries
African women who fought for education
A girl who can read is harder to silence. The women here founded schools, taught in villages where no teacher had ever stayed, and argued in parliaments that a nation which does not educate its daughters is only half awake.
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Three women to meet first
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A to Z
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A
Adelaide Casely-Hayford
Adenike Osofisan
Aisha Buhari
B
Bolanle Awe
Buchi Emecheta
C
Constance Cummings-John
D
Destiny Ayo Vaughan
E
Ellen Kuzwayo
Esther Afua Ocloo
F
Fatima al-Fihri
Felicia Adetoun Ogunsheye
Folake Solanke
Folorunṣo Alakija
Francisca Nneka Okeke
G
Graça Machel
Grace Alele-Williams
H
Huda Shaarawi
J
Jadesola Olayinka Akande
Jeanne Martin Cissé
Joke Silva
Josina Machel
L
Labotsibeni Gwamile Mdluli
M
Maimuna Waziri
Mamphela Ramphele
Mariama Bâ
Muthoni Likimani
N
Nike Davies-Okundaye
O
Obiageli Ezekwesili
P
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
S
Sara Forbes Bonetta
T
Theresa Kachindamoto
W
Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg
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