Tanimowo Ogunlesi who was born in 1908 and died in 2002 was a Nigerian women's rights activist and the leader of the Women's Improvement League.
10 Facts About Tanimowo Ogunlesi
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Tanimowo Ogunlesi was one of the leading women activists of her era and co-founded the National Council of Women's Societies, the country's leading women's rights organization.
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Tanimowo Ogunlesi attended Kudeti Girls School Ibadan, Oyo State, and attended United Missionary College for her teacher's training qualifications.
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Tanimowo Ogunlesi started teaching in Lagos at CMS Girls' Seminary School in 1934.
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Tanimowo Ogunlesi's husband received a scholarship to study in London, which gave her opportunities to relocate to London too.
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Tanimowo Ogunlesi then continued her education at the nursery school in St Andrew's University in Scotland, in 1946.
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Tanimowo Ogunlesi was the first person to establish an elementary boarding school in Ibadan in 1948.
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Tanimowo Ogunlesi became the first president of the National Council of Women's Societies in 1959.
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Tanimowo Ogunlesi dealt largely on the rights of women to vote and to have access to educational facilities but like most women nationalists of the era, she never really questioned the male dominance of the Nigerian household.
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Tanimowo Ogunlesi was part of a movement to increase domestic science training in Nigeria when she opened a home training school.