Folayegbe Akintunde-Ighodalo wrote extensively on a variety of women’s issues, including marriages not being a barrier for women who wanted to work full-time.
Felicia Folayegbe Mosunmola Idowu Akintunde-Ighodalo was a pioneering Nigerian feminist, activist, and civil servant. In 1968, in Nigeria’s Western Region, she became the permanent secretary of Home Affairs and Information. This made her the first Nigerian woman to hold the position.
Akintunde-Ighodalo was born on 17 December 1923 in Okeigbo, Ondo State, to Benjamin Olojomo Akintunde, a cocoa farmer, and Sarah Akintunde. Akintunde-Ighodalo was educated at CMS Grammar School and in 1938, she gained a scholarship to study at Queen’s College, Lagos. After passing the...
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