Biographical record
- Title
- Mrs
- Surname
- RANSOME-KUTI
- First Name
- Funmilayo
- Gender
- Female
- Source of Publication
- NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)
- Date of Birth
- 25 October 1900
- Status
- Alive
- Date of Death
- 13 April 1978
- Place of Birth
- Abeokuta
- Father's Name
- Daniel Olumeyuwa Thomas
- Father's Status
- N/A
- Mother's Name
- Lucretia Phyllis Omoyeni Adeosolu
- Mother's Status
- N/A
- Marital Status
- Married
- Name of Spouse
- Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti
- Number of Children (Male)
- 3
- Number of Children ( Female)
- 1
- Names of Children
-
Olikoye Ransome-Kuti (son)
Beko Ransome-Kuti (son)
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (son)
Dolapo Ransome-Kuti (daughter) - Profession
- Educationist
Politician
Human Right Activist - Working Experience
- Founder, Abeokuta Ladies Club (ALC), Abeokuta Women's Union (AWU), Nigerian Women's Union (NWU), Federation of Nigerian Women's Societies (FNWS).
founding member of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) party,
Treasurer for the NCNC Western Working Committee
President of the NCNC Women's Organization in the Western Region.
founder, the Commoners Peoples Party - Education Level
- Tertiary
- Schools Attended with Dates
- Abeokuta Grammar School 1914-1917..
- Have you ever been a member of any political party?
- N/A
- Traditional Titles
- Oloye of the Yoruba people.
- Awards and Honours
- Order of the Niger
- Outstanding Achievements
- first female student at the Abeokuta Grammar School (a secondary school),
Took part in the pre-independence conferences that laid the groundwork for Nigeria's First Republic
One of the women appointed to the native House of Chiefs, serving as an Oloye of the Yoruba people
Ranking member of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons
Treasurer and President Western Women Association of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons
President of the Abeokuta Women's Union from 1946–1978.[16]
Leader of Commoners Peoples Party
Leader of Nigeria Women's Union.
First woman to drive a car in Nigeria
Winner of the Lenin Peace Prize in 1970[ - Other Relevant Information
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funmilayo_Ransome-Kuti
- Source
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funmilayo_Ransome-Kuti
Source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funmilayo_Ransome-Kuti
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