St Anne's School, Ibadan is a secondary school for girls in

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. The school took its current name in 1950, after a merger between Kudeti Girls School, founded in 1899, and CMS Girls School, Lagos, founded in 1869. It can therefore claim to be the oldest girls secondary school in Nigeria.

CMS Girls School, Lagos

The CMS Female Institution was founded on 1 May 1869, ten years after the

Church Missionary Society The Church Mission Society (CMS), formerly known as the Church Missionary Society, is a British mission society working with the Christians around the world. Founded in 1799, CMS has attracted over nine thousand men and women to serve as mission ...

had founded

CMS Grammar School, Lagos The CMS Grammar School in Bariga, a suburb of Lagos in Lagos State, is the oldest secondary school in Nigeria, founded on 6 June 1859 by the Church Missionary Society. For decades it was the main source of African clergymen and administrators in ...

as the first boys grammar school in Nigeria. Abigail Macaulay, wife of the boys' school headmaster, and daughter of Bishop

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, had pressed for there to be a girls' institution, in order that rich people in Lagos no longer need send their girls abroad to study.Ifueko Bello-Fadaka
St Anne’s School, Ibadan (1869-2019)
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'', 19 October 2019. Accessed 5 January 2021. The school, situated on what today is Broad Street in

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, initially had sixteen pupils. Mrs. Roper was its first principal. In 1891, the name was changed to CMS Girls Seminary, and in 1926 the name was again changed to CMS Girls School.

St Anne's School, Ibadan

In 1950 the school was renamed, in honour of the missionary

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. Anna, and her husband's, tomb had been renovated by ''Kudeti Girl's School'' in 1933. The school celebrates its 'birthday' on July 26, the feast day of

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Principals

* Mrs Annie Roper 1869 * Mrs Bonetta Forbes Davies 1870 (acting ). She was the adopted child of

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. * Rev Henry and Mrs Townsend were co-principals 1871-1872 * Rev and Mrs Mann 1872 - 1885 * Mrs Emma Harding née Kerr 1885 - 1886 * Mrs Vernall née Kruse 1886 - 1888 * Miss Marian Goodall 1888 - 1893 * Mrs Fanny Jones née Higgins (acting) 1894 * Miss Ballson (acting) 1894 - 1905 * Miss Boyton 1906 * Miss Hill 1906 - 1908 * Mrs Wakeman née Towe 1908 * Miss Wait 1910 - 1927 * Miss Mellor 1928 - 1931 * Miss Grimwood 1931 - 1944 Mrs Wedmore and girls in 1959

* Miss Wedmore 1944 - 1960 * Mrs Bullock née Groves 1960 - 1973 * Mrs F I Ilori (acting) 1973 * Mrs E O T Makinwane 1973 - 1984 * Mrs Nike Ladipo 1984 - 1991 * Mrs O F Osobamiro 1991 - 1994 * Mrs Dupe Babalola 1995 - 2005 * Mrs A A Kolapo 2005 - 2007 * Mrs F I Falomo 2007 - 2014 * Mrs K A Otesile 2014 - 2016 * Mrs T O Orowale 2016 - 2018 * Mrs Y O Awe 2018 - 2020

Notable former teaching staff

* Rev Josiah Ransome Kuti, the grandfather of

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, taught music 1879 - 1886 * Professor

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, née Jadesimi, taught Biology

Alumni

Public service

* Mrs Christie Ade-Ajayi née Martins (born 1930), educational specialist * Mrs Dorothy Akanya, née Miller, first female commissioner in Nigeria.Dayo Adesulu
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'', 13 June 2019. Accessed 14 January 2021. * Omoba Tejumade Alakija, née Aderemi (1925-2013), civil servant. * Professor

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, née Fajembola (born 1933), history professor. * Mrs

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(born 1954), director general of the World Trade Organization. * Mrs Oladayo Oluwole née Adeleke Adedoyin, first female

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Officer. * Mrs Ibukunade Sijuwola, née Fagunwa, chair of the D.O. Fagunwa Foundation to protect indigenous languages.

Authors

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, née Nwakuche (1931-1993), writer. * Mrs

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, née Aig Imokhuede (born 1930), author.

Media

* Mrs

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, née Kuforiji (born 1934), newsreader.

Law

* Hon Justice

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, née Akinlade, Federal Supreme Court Justice * Professor

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, née Esan (1940-2008), law professor & Vice Chancellor of

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. *Justice

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, née Onabamiro (1941-2020), judge. *Justice Monisola Agbeke Fafiade, née Jacobs (born 1936), jurist. *Justice Atinuke Omobonike Ige OFR, née Oloko Judge Federal Court of Appeal (died 2003) . * Hon Justice Roseline Ajoke Omotosho, née Sonola-Soyinka, (died 1999), Lagos State Chief Judge.

Accountancy, insurance and economics

* Mrs Claire Ighodaro, CBE née Ukpoma. The First Female President of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants * Mrs Olutoyin Olakunri, née Adesigbin (1937-2018), accountant and businesswoman

Politics

* Hon Mrs Abiola Babatope, née Odeyale, former Member of the

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* Ms Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele (born 1939), Deputy Governor of

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* Mrs Gwendoline Etonde Burnley, née Martin (1932-2000), Cameroonian politician. * Ebiti Ndok-Jegede, Presidential aspirant * Remi Şonaiya née Fawole (born 1955), Presidential candidate * Lady Ime Udom, barrister and politician.

Science, medicine and dentistry

* Professor Ekanem Ikpi Braide (born 1946), parasitologist, President Nigeria Academy of Science. * Lady Deborah Jibowu, MBE, OON née Fasan (1924-2019), Nigeria's first female science graduate. * Dr Simisola Onibuwe Johnson (1929-2000), dentist * Dr Olufunmilayo Olopade, née Falusi (born 1957), oncologist * Professor Oyinade Olurin, née Odutola, first female professor of medicine in Nigeria. * Mrs Modupe Olabisi Oluwole, née Ogundipe (1933-2020), pharmacist. * Dr Marianne Abimbola Silva, née Phillips (1926-2015), medical doctor. * Professor Emeritus

, née Jadesimi (born 1939), botanist and environmental archaeologist. * Professor Kudirat Olanike Adeyemo, Veterinary Surgeon

Armed forces

* Major General Aderonkę Kale, army psychiatrist.

Educators

* Mrs Eva Adebayo Adelaja, née Adebonojo founder of Eva Adelaja Girls Grammar School Bariga. * Mrs Leila Fowler, née Moore founder of Vivian Fowler Memorial School for Girls * Mrs Tanimowo Ogunlesi, née Okusanya (1908-2002), women's rights activist and founder of Children's Home School, Ibadan * Mrs Yetunde Omisade, nee Esan, first principal of the Peoples Girls Grammar School. * Chief Mrs Gladys Aduke Vaughan, née Akinloye (1920-2014), founder of Omolewa School.Celebrating Gladys Aduke Vaughan (1920-2014)
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Nursing

* Mrs Kofoworola Abeni Pratt, née Scott (1915-1992), nurse

The Arts

* Mrs

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, née Aimakhu (born 1990), actress and blogger * Ms

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, Nollywood Actress in Yoruba and English languages * Mrs Teni Aofiyebi, née Gbogboade, actress and businessperson

Women's affairs

* Lady

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, née Ajasa (1897-1990), Nationalist, Feminist, President of the Nigeria Girl Guide Association * Mrs

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, née Petgrave (born 1925), women's rights activist * Lady Kofo Ademola, MBE. MFR. OFR.née Moore (1913-2002), First Black African Female University Graduate . Educationist, Founder of Primary & Secondary Schools for Girls, Writer.

Historians and scholars

* Clara Olanrewaju Osinulu, née Odugbesan (born 1934). Anthropologist and first female curator of National Museum of Nigeria.

Business

* Mrs Emily Aig-Imoukhuede, née Meffullhoude (born 1941), business executive. * Mrs

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, née Adelaja (born 1961), Entrepreneur

References

External links

About St Anne's
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