Irene Ighodaro
Irene Ighodaro | |
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| Born | Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Wellesley-Cole 16 May 1916 Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Died | 29 November 1995 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | Sierra Leonean |
| Alma mater | Annie Walsh Memorial School University of Durham (M.B.B.S) |
| Occupation | Physician |
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| Spouse | Samuel O. Ighodaro (m. 1947) |
| Children | 4 |
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Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro née Wellesley-Cole (16 May 1916 – 29 November 1995) was a Sierra Leone Creole physician and social reformer who was the first Sierra Leonean woman to qualify as a medical doctor and the first West African-born female doctor in Britain. She was president of the Young Women's Christian Association of Nigeria. She was also the first President of the Medical Association of Nigerian Women.