The Nigerian Women's Movement by Sophie Ostrove https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w The history of Nigerian women's rights and those who fight for them en-us 2018-05-14 15:04:29 UTC 2026-01-26 07:31:22 UTC hello@padlet.com Timeline sophie_ostrove https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/260514137 2018-05-14 15:24:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/260514137 Oyinkan Abayomi (then Oyinkan Ajasa) with her degree upon graduating from the Royal Academy in England. She received this degree for music in the late 1910s. sophie_ostrove https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/260515753 Source: A Lady by Folarin Coker]]> 2018-05-14 15:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/260515753 sophie_ostrove https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/260517025 A map of Africa. One can locate Nigeria in the Northwest of the continent, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. ]]> 2018-05-14 15:30:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/260517025 Oyinkansola Abayomi pictured later in her life. She worked hard and accomplished a lot for women’s rights in Nigeria, from the beginning of her career until her death in 1990. sophie_ostrove https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/260521483  woman.ng/2016/11/lady-oyinkansola-abayomi-the-feminist-and-nationalist-who-campaigned-for-the-education-of-nigerian-women/]]> 2018-05-14 15:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/260521483 A map of Nigeria. One can see on the left of the map Lagos, the city where Oyinkansola Abayomi lived and worked. sophie_ostrove https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/260872179 2018-05-15 14:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/260872179 sophie_ostrove https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/260872344 2018-05-15 14:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/260872344 The logo of the Nigerian Girl Guides. The Girl Guides were brought to Lagos by Oyinkansola Abayomi and a group of Guiders in 1927. This is their current logo. sophie_ostrove https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/260874395 https://www.wagggs.org/en/our-world/africa/member-organizations/nigeria/]]> 2018-05-15 14:37:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/260874395 A group of Nigerian women protesting for women’s rights. Feminist groups have existed in Nigeria throughout history and still do today. Only recently, however, did women begin to be granted rights. (January 21, 2017) sophie_ostrove https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/261376454 https://www.naija.ng/1120101-history-feminism-nigeria.html#1120101]]> 2018-05-16 20:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/261376454 Lady Oyinkansola Abayomi. Abayomi was an important Nigerian nationalist and feminist. She helped further the effort to give women equal opportunities to men. sophie_ostrove https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/261376933 Source: A Lady by Folarin Coker]]> 2018-05-16 20:15:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/261376933 A group of women at a protest. Various women’s movements have existed throughout Nigerian history, and women would often participate in protests, and still do nowadays, as shown below. (April 30, 2014) sophie_ostrove https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/261377091 https://www.pri.org/stories/2014-05-19/nigerias-kidnapped-generation]]> 2018-05-16 20:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/261377091 A group of Guiders from the Nigerian Girls’ Guides with Head of State, Mohommodu Buhari. Oyinkansola Abayomi is directly to the left of Buhari. sophie_ostrove https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/262671647 Source: A Lady by Folarin Coker]]> 2018-05-22 13:05:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/262671647 Oyinkansola Abayomi, accompanied by other Guiders, at a Golden Jubilee Camp in Port Harcourt. Oyinkansola worked with the women pictured to provide a group for Nigerian girls parallel to the Boy Scouts. sophie_ostrove https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/262672655 Source: A Lady by Folarin Coker]]> 2018-05-22 13:07:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/262672655 The History of Women's Rights in Nigeria sophie_ostrove https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/262745101 2018-05-22 15:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/262745101 The Life and Work of Lady Oyinkansola Abayomi sophie_ostrove https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/262745649 2018-05-22 15:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/262745649 VIDEO sophie_ostrove https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/262745946 https://youtu.be/vSnu6NlxcvE]]> 2018-05-22 15:57:26 UTC https://padlet.com/sophie_ostrove/m94qdqrbls4w/wish/262745946