Made to fly: Tolulope Arotile: 13 December 1996-14 July 2020
Long before the world knew her name, she was just a young girl standing under the wide Kaduna sky, watching aircraft roar above her with wonder in her eyes. While…
Sirimavo Bandaranaike: Trailblazer of of Sri-Lanka
In moments when nations face uncertainty and shifting power, Sirimavo Bandaranaike emerged as a figure shaped by resolve, quiet persistence, and an unusual kind of political courage. Known widely as…
Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu: 26th December 1995 – 29th September 2025
The woman who spoke with truth and carried justice in her bones. Her name was Somtochukwu Christelle “Sommie” Maduagwu. The lawyer-turned-reporter and presenter whose vibrant voice connected with so many…
Savitribai Phule: The Teacher who chose service over shame.
A woman made of defiance with a mind ahead of its century. Her name was Savitribai Phule. The woman who lit the first torch of women’s education and social justice…
Bell Hooks – September 25,1952 – December 15, 2021
"Social classifications (e.g., race, gender, sexual identity, class, etc.) are interconnected, and ignoring their intersection creates oppression towards women and changes the experience of living as a woman in society."…
Afeni Shakur: 10th January 1947 – 2nd May 2016.
She was born Alice Faye Williams in Lumberton, North Carolina to Rosa Belle and Walter Williams Jnr, one of two children. Having an abusive father made her grow up resenting…
Elizabeth Phillips Hughes (12 July 1851 – 19 December 1925)
Born Merch Myrddin in Carmarthenshire, Elizabeth was a Welsh scholar, teacher, and promoter of women's education. She was the sister of Methodist reformer Hugh Price Hughes but had little education herself as a…
Bridget Aisha Lemu (14th October 1940-5th January 2019)
The British-born author and religious educator was born Bridget Anne Honey in Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom. She attended Uplands School, Parkstone, Dorset between 1950 and 1955 and proceeded for a year…
Tribute: Sophie Oluwole: 1936- December 24rd 2018
Born at an area of Ondo state known as Igbara Oke, Sophie Oluwole is the first female Nigerian to bag a Phd in Philosposhy. She had her primary school educations…
Princess Olufunke Deborah Adedoyin
Princess Olufunke Deborah Adedoyin was a wonderful, dynamic, joyful part of our lives. She was a constant source of strength, leadership, encouragement, and joy. She was a wonderful daughter -…
Cecelia Helena Payne Gaposchkin
Ceclia Helena Payne was the first of three children born on the 10th of May, 1900 in Wendover, England, to Emma Leonora Helena, a skilled artist, who came from an…
Tribute: Aretha Franklin (25th March 1942-16th August 2018)
Known as the Queen of Soul Music, Aretha Franklin, ’ was a singer, song writer, civil rights activist, actress and pianist. She was born as one of four children to…
Audrey Lorde (18th Feb 1934- 17th Nov. 1992)
Born in New York to immigrant parents from the Caribbean, Audrey was the youngest of 3 sisters. She grew up listening to her mother telling stories about the West Indies…
Senator Wuraola Esan (1909-1985)
Wuraola Adepeju Esan was born in 1909 in Calabar to the famous Ojo’badan family. Her father Chief Thomas Adeogun Ojo was a veteran of the First World War and a…
Ladi Kwali, (1925- 12 August 1984)
Ladi was born in the small village of Kwali, present Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, in 1925 (Other historians indicate her date of birth is actually…
Wedding Portrait of Prince Charles and Princess Diana (Photo by �� Quadrillion/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
Diana Spencer (1st July 1961-31st August 1997)
I don't go by the rule book... I lead from the heart, not the head. Princess Diana Born Diana Frances Spencer in Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk, Princess Diana was the…
Four years gone; forever in our hearts.
Dora Nkem Akunyili (14th July 1954-7th June 2014) She was a Genius, Lecturer An educator, Pharmacist, Disciplinarian and a Politician. She was a leader per excellence. Dora Nkem Akunyili was…
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902)
‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal’. Born on November 12, 1815, in Johnstown, New York city to the family of a…
FUNMILAYO RANSOME KUTI (25TH OCTOBER 1900-1978)
'THE LIONESS OF LISABI' Born Frances Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas, Funmilayo Anikulapo-Kuti was born and raised in Lagos State Nigeria. She was a feminist and political leader who was the leading…
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013)
The United Kingdom’s first and thus far only female prime minister. Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England to a local businessman. She was educated at…
