Born Merch Myrddin in Carmarthenshire, Elizabeth was a Welsh scholar, teacher, and promoter of women’s education. She was the sister of Methodist…
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The British-born author and religious educator was born Bridget Anne Honey in Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom. She attended Uplands School, Parkstone,…
Born at an area of Ondo state known as Igbara Oke, Sophie Oluwole is the first female Nigerian to bag…
Princess Olufunke Deborah Adedoyin was a wonderful, dynamic, joyful part of our lives. She was a constant source of strength,…
Ceclia Helena Payne was the first of three children born on the 10th of May, 1900 in Wendover, England, to…
Known as the Queen of Soul Music, Aretha Franklin, ’ was a singer, song writer, civil rights activist, actress and…
Born in New York to immigrant parents from the Caribbean, Audrey was the youngest of 3 sisters. She grew up…
Wuraola Adepeju Esan was born in 1909 in Calabar to the famous Ojo’badan family. Her father Chief Thomas Adeogun Ojo…
Ladi was born in the small village of Kwali, present Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, in…
I don’t go by the rule book… I lead from the heart, not the head. Princess Diana Born Diana Frances…
Dora Nkem Akunyili (14th July 1954-7th June 2014) She was a Genius, Lecturer An educator, Pharmacist, Disciplinarian and a Politician.…
‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal’. Born on November 12, 1815,…
‘THE LIONESS OF LISABI’ Born Frances Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas, Funmilayo Anikulapo-Kuti was born and raised in Lagos State Nigeria. She…
The United Kingdom’s first and thus far only female prime minister. Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher was born in Grantham,…
I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music, I became the voice and image…
Harriet Tubman (Araminta Ross), was an American abolitionist. Born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland in 1820, Tubman was beaten…
Fassie was born in Langa, Cape Town, as the youngest of nine children. She was named after the American singer…
“I am me; I am black; I must be proud of my blackness” South African apartheid Activist and politician who…
A versatile journalist, columnist, journalism ombudsman and later civil society activist, Hajiya Bilkisu mentored a lot of journalists for about…
‘The Woman who was a strong voice for women through traditional music’ Born Saadatu Aliyu in of present day Funtua…