Wesley Girls' High School (WGHS) is an educational institution for girls in Cape Coast in the Central region of

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. It was founded in 1836 by Harriet Wrigley, the wife of a Methodist minister. The school is named after the founder of

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History

Wesley Girls' High School was ranked 68th out of the top 100 best high schools in Africa by ''Africa Almanac'' in 2003, based upon quality of education, student engagement, strength and activities of alumnae, school profile, internet and news visibility.

Achievements

* Won the

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in 2008 and 2016 *

Notable alumni

* Jemila Abdulai, blogger, writer and digital marketer * Rosamond Asiamah Nkansah, 1st police woman in Ghana * Betty Acquah, feminist painter *

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, musician * Sophia Ophilia Adjeibea Adinyira, justice of the

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(2006 – 2019) *

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, Ghana Ambassador to South Korea (2017–2021) * Agnes Aggrey-Orleans, Ghanaian diplomat *

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, member of parliament for

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Constituency *

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, Chief Justice of the

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, first female

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(2013-2014) *

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, award-winning author, academic, former Minister of Education * Sophia Akuffo, 13th Chief Justice of Ghana *

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, banker; managing director of

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Ghana *

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, Sports journalist *

Grace Amponsah-Ababio Grace Amponsah-Ababio (born 22 December 1941) is a Ghanaian Dentist and a retired Diplomat. Education Grace had secondary education from 1955 to 1959 Wesley Girls' Senior High School, Cape Coast, Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), o ...

, a retired diplomat *

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, member of parliament for Atiwa East *

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, former Minister of Fisheries *

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, musician * Sylvia Boye, former Chief Executive and first female Registrar of West Africa Examinations Council * Mary Chinery-Hesse, former civil servant and first female director of International Labor Organization,

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, first female pilot in Africa *

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, first female to be Secretary to the Cabinet *

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, Vice Chancellor of

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* Florence Dolphyne, first female Professor and first female Pro-vice Chancellor,

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, activist *

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, Vice Presidential candidate for the Progressive People's Party * Constance Edjeani-Afenu, first female

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of the

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, Deputy Military Adviser to Ghana's permanent Mission in New York * Mary Grant, Ghana's first female council of state member; first alumna to be a medical doctor *

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, chief executive officer of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital *

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, active Justice of the

(2019–) * Jennifer Koranteng, model and

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, engineer and former managing director of the

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* Alima Mahama, lawyer and former Minister for the affairs of women and children in Ghana *

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, a law professor and member of the

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(2020–) * Akosua Menu, deputy CEO of National Youth Authority *

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, Lawyer and Former Deputy Minister of Transport * Emma Morrison, television personality and media professional *

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, first female Vice-Chancellor of a state University in Ghana * Peace Ayisi Otchere, first female director of the

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, former justice of the

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, former Minister for Trade and Industry and former

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, active Justice of the

(2019–) * Yvonne Tsikata, international economist and first Ghanaian woman to become vice president at the World Bank * Julia Osei Tutu, wife of

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, Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II *

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, former police prosecution officer, first female Chief Justice of Ghana * Nana Oye Mansa Yeboaa, first female deputy Governor of the

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, and former Ghanaian diplomat * Vida Yeboah, minister of state in the

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, former Headmistress of Mfanstiman Girls' Secondary School

References

External links

* http://www.wesleygirlshighalumni.org/home/inthenews.html * http://www.fiankoma.org/ftp/wesley_schoolsite/ * http://www.IDCE-world.org {{Coord missing, Ghana High schools in Ghana Cape Coast Girls' schools in Ghana Educational institutions established in 1836 Boarding schools in Ghana Christian schools in Ghana Public schools in Ghana Methodist schools 1836 establishments in the British Empire