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Adelaide Casely-Hayford | |
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 Casely-Hayford in 1903 | |
| Born | Adelaide Smith 2 June 1868 |
| Died | 24 January 1960 (aged 91) Freetown, British Sierra Leone |
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| Children | Gladys |
Adelaide Casely-Hayford MBE (née Smith; 2 June 1868 – 24 January 1960),[1] was a Sierra Leone Creole advocate, activist of cultural nationalism, teacher, fiction writer, and feminist. Committed to public service, she worked to improve the conditions of black men and women. As a pioneer of women's education in Sierra Leone, she played a key role in popularizing Pan-Africanist and feminist politics in the early 1900s.[2] She set up a Girls' Vocational and Training School in Freetown in 1923 to instil cultural and racial pride for Sierra Leoneans under colonial rule. In pursuit of Sierra Leone national identity and cultural heritage, she caused a sensation by wearing traditional African attire in 1925 to attend a reception in honour of the Prince of Wales.[citation needed]
- ^ Martin, Crista (2002). "Casely-Hayford, Adelaide (1868–1960)". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Gale – via Encyclopedia.com.
- ^ Blain, Keisha (28 March 2016). "EMERGING FEMINISMS, A Historical Note: Pan-African Feminist Adelaide Casely Hayford". The Feminist Wire.