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EARLY WOMEN

Here are some short articles exploring the lives of African women healthcare workers who were in work or training in the UK before 1950. The central themes that we identified throughout our research into these women's lives include fostering, migration, and racism.

BLANCHE LA GUMA

1927–2023

DR IRENE IGHODARO

1916–1995

DZAGBELE MATILDA ASANTE

b.1927

OLAORE GREEN

1885– ?

PRINCESS TSEHAI SELASSIE

1919–1942

THEME: RACISM AND THE COLOUR BAR

20th Century

DR AGNES YEWANDE SAVAGE

1906–1964

DR MATILDA JOHANNA CLERK

1916–1984

EDNA ADAN ISMAIL

b.1937

OLIVE VIVAT KULU JOHNSON

?

THE PRATT SISTERS

1915–1992

THEME: RECRUITMENT

20th Century

DR DOCIA KISSEIH

1919–2008

DR SUSAN OFORI-ATTA

1917–1985

LULU COOTE

1890–1964

PRINCESS ADENRELE ADEMOLA

1916– ?

THEME: FOSTERING

20th Century

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