| LC control no. | n 96074424 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Ransome-Kuti, Funmilayo, 1900-1978 |
| Variant(s) | Thomas, Frances Funmilayo, 1900-1978 Thomas, Funmilayo, 1900-1978 |
| Associated country | Nigeria |
| Birth date | 19001025 |
| Death date | 19780413 |
| Place of birth | Abeokuta (Nigeria) |
| Place of death | Lagos (Nigeria) |
| Field of activity | Feminism |
| Affiliation | Women's International Democratic Federation Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Nigerian Union of Teachers Federation of Nigerian Women's Societies Abeokuta Urban District Council (Nigeria) |
| Profession or occupation | Educators |
| Found in | For women and the nation, c1997: CIP t.p. (Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti) galley (b. Frances Funmilayo Thomas, 1900, Abeokuta [Nigeria]; d. 1978; m. I.O. Ransome-Kuti; also referred to as Funmilayo Thomas) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 18, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Ransome-Kuti, Funmilayo; Frances Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas; feminist, nationalist, educator; born 25 October 1900 in Abeokuta, Nigeria; studied in England (1919); served on executive board of Nigerian Union of Teachers (1950s); chairman of the Advisory Board of Education, Nigeria (1969); founder and president of the Abeokuta Ladies Club (ALC) (1932), which later changed names and in 1953 became the Federation of Nigerian Women's Societies (FNWS); was elected vice president of Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF) (1953); was president of Nigerian branch of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) (1963) and was appointed to the Abeokuta Urban District Council (1949-1960); received the Order of the Niger (1965) and honorary doctor of laws degree from University of Ibadan (1971); died 13 April 1978 in Lagos, Nigeria) |
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