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

African women who fought for women's suffrage

4 women in the archive worked for women's suffrage. 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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Three women to meet first

Portrait of Aoua Keita, Mali
Independence · Mali · 1912–1980Aoua KeitaMalian midwife, politician, and activist who became the first woman elected to Mali's National Assembly. Campaigned…
Portrait of Constance Cummings-John, Sierra LeoneModern
Constance Cummings-JohnSierra Leone · 1918–2000
Portrait of Doria Shafik, EgyptIndependence
Doria ShafikEgypt · 1908–1975
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Portrait of Aoua Keita
Aoua Keita Mali · 1912–1980
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Portrait of Constance Cummings-John
Constance Cummings-John Sierra Leone · 1918–2000
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Portrait of Doria Shafik
Doria Shafik Egypt · 1908–1975
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Portrait of Gambo Sawaba
Gambo Sawaba Nigeria · 1933–2001
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