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Irene Ighodaro

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Sierra Leonean physician and activist (1916-1995)

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Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro née Wellesley-Cole 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.

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Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro née Wellesley-Cole 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.

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Doctors
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Doctor
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deceased
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Lived 1916 to 1995 · aged 79
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