Constance Cummings-John | |
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| Born | Constance Agatha Horton 28 December 1918 Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Died | 21 February 2000 (aged 81) Freetown, Sierra Leone |
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| Nationality | British Subject, Sierra Leonean |
| Education | Cornell University |
| Spouse | Ethnan Cummings-John |
| Children | Nestor Cummings-John, Coneth Cummings-John |
| Relatives | Asadata Dafora (half-brother), Edna Elliott-Horton (sister-in-law) |
Constance Cummings-John (1918 – 21 February 2000)[1] was a Sierra Leonean educationist and politician. She was the first woman in Africa to join a municipal council and in 1966 became the first woman to serve as mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone.[2] She was based in London, England, for the latter part of her life.
- ^ White, E. Francis (7 February 2008). Bonnie G. Smith (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History. Oxford University Press. p. 517. ISBN 978-0195148909.
- ^ Falola, Toyin; Nana Akua Amponsah (6 January 2012). Women's Roles in Sub-Saharan Africa. Greenwood. p. 162. ISBN 978-0313385445.