Women · By cause
A collection · 5 women · 4 countries

African women who fought for economic empowerment

5 women in the archive worked for women's economic empowerment. They came from different countries and different centuries, but each of them saw a wrong that others accepted and set out to change it.

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Portrait of Annie Jiagge, Ghana
Independence · Ghana · 1918–1996Annie JiaggeGhanaian jurist who became the first woman judge in the Commonwealth of Nations and the principal drafter of the 1967…
Portrait of Grace Mary Mugasa, UgandaContemporary
Grace Mary MugasaUganda · 1968–present
Portrait of Isatou Ceesay, The GambiaContemporary
Isatou CeesayThe Gambia · 1972–present
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Portrait of Annie Jiagge
Annie Jiagge Ghana · 1918–1996
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Efunroye Tinubu Nigeria · 1805–1887
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Portrait of Grace Mary Mugasa
Grace Mary Mugasa Uganda · 1968–present
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Portrait of Isatou Ceesay
Isatou Ceesay The Gambia · 1972–present
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Nwanyeruwa Nigeria · Unknown
Other causes
Women's rights48 women Education32 women Women's leadership31 women Human rights19 women Political leadership17 women Sovereignty & independence17 women Political rights15 women Anti-colonial activism14 women