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Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti

1900 - 1978

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Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, MON (; born Frances Abigail Olufunmilayo Olufela Folorunso Thomas; 25 October 1900 – 13 April 1978), also known as Funmilayo Aníkúlápó-Kuti, was a Nigerian educator, political campaigner, suffragist, and women's rights activist. Fumilayo Ransome Kuti was born in Abeokuta, in what is now in Ogun State, and was the first female student to attend the Abeokuta Grammar School. As a young adult, she worked as a teacher, organizing some of the first preschool classes in the country and arranging literacy classes for lower-income women. During the 1940s, Ransome-Kuti established the Abeokuta Women’s Union and advocated for women’s rights, demanding better representation of women in local governing bodies and an end to unfair taxes on market women. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti is the 16,717th most popular politician (up from 16,807th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 61st in 2019) and the 20th most popular Nigerian Politician.

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Among politicians, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti ranks 16,717 out of 19,576. Before her are Christopher Luxon, Rhodri Morgan, Yariv Levin, Albino Jara, Arnaud Montebourg, and Gheorghe Fiat. After her are José Luis Ábalos, Domnall Brecc, Tetyana Dorovskikh, Cleopas Dlamini, Lin Chuan, and Tim Kaine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti ranks 306. Before her are John McEwen, Jorge Sarmiento, Giovanni De Prà, Leon Kruczkowski, Bernabé Rivera, and Samuel King Allison. After her are Martita Hunt, André Dhôtel, Horatio Fitch, Nikolay Okhlopkov, John T. Scopes, and Ricardo Cortez. Among people deceased in 1978, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti ranks 244. Before her are Gertrude Mary Cox, Roberto Larraz, Ljubiša Stevanović, George Newberry, Vivian McGrath, and Kofi Abrefa Busia. After her are Michael Bates, Lee Garmes, Albert Kivikas, Noble Johnson, Paul Scott, and Rudolf Schoeller.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti ranks 70 out of 309. Before her are Chukwudi Iwuji (1975), Flora Nwapa (1931), Kelechi Iheanacho (1996), Celestine Babayaro (1978), Daniel Amokachi (1972), and Vincent Enyeama (1982). After her are Victor Boniface (2000), Ben Okri (1959), Peter Rufai (1963), Momodu Mutairu (1976), Adebayo Adedeji (1930), and Hauwa Ibrahim (1968).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nigeria

Among politicians born in Nigeria, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti ranks 20. Before her are Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912), Yemi Osinbajo (1957), Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924), Abdulsalami Abubakar (1942), Muhammadu Maccido (1928), and Ernest Shonekan (1936). After her are Adebayo Adedeji (1930), Mohammed Yusuf (1970), Obafemi Awolowo (1909), Atiku Abubakar (1946), Namadi Sambo (1954), and Peter Obi (1961).

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