Women · By cause
A collection · 3 women · 3 countries

African women who fought for economic empowerment

3 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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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
Other causes
Women's rights47 women Education32 women Women's leadership28 women Human rights19 women Sovereignty & independence17 women Political leadership15 women Political rights15 women Anti-colonial activism14 women