Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
25 October 1900 – 13 April 1978
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was a Nigerian educator, political campaigner, and women's rights activist. A leading figure in the anti-colonial movement, she founded influential women's organizations and was one of the first Nigerian women to drive a car.
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Life events
She was born Frances Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas in Abeokuta.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe attended school in England before returning to Nigeria to teach.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe married the educator and activist, with whom she raised a politically prominent family.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe led a mass women's organization that campaigned against unfair taxation.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer campaigns forced the temporary abdication of the local ruler over women's taxation.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe helped establish a national body advocating for women's suffrage and rights.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe was thrown from a window during a military raid on her son Fela Kuti's compound, sustaining fatal injuries.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe died from complications of injuries sustained in the raid.
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