Ransome-Kuti, Funmilayo, 1900-1978

found: For women and the nation, c1997:CIP t.p. (Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti) galley (b. Frances Funmilayo Thomas, 1900, Abeokuta [Nigeria]; d. 1978; m. I.O. Ransome-Kuti; also referred to as Funmilayo Thomas)

found: Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 18, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Ransome-Kuti, Funmilayo; Frances Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas; feminist, nationalist, educator; born 25 October 1900 in Abeokuta, Nigeria; studied in England (1919); served on executive board of Nigerian Union of Teachers (1950s); chairman of the Advisory Board of Education, Nigeria (1969); founder and president of the Abeokuta Ladies Club (ALC) (1932), which later changed names and in 1953 became the Federation of Nigerian Women's Societies (FNWS); was elected vice president of Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF) (1953); was president of Nigerian branch of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) (1963) and was appointed to the Abeokuta Urban District Council (1949-1960); received the Order of the Niger (1965) and honorary doctor of laws degree from University of Ibadan (1971); died 13 April 1978 in Lagos, Nigeria)