<P> Francis Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas was born on 25 October 1900, in Abeokuta, to Daniel Olumeyuwa Thomas and Lucretia Phyllis Omoyeni Adeosolu . Her father was a son of a returned slave from Sierra Leone (see Nova Scotian Settlers), who traced his ancestral history back to Abeokuta in what is today Ogun State, Nigeria . He became a member of the Anglican faith, and soon returned to the homeland of his fellow Egbas . </P> <P> She attended Abeokuta Grammar School for secondary education, and later went to England for further studies . She soon returned to Nigeria and became a teacher . On 20 January 1925, she married the Reverend Israel Oludotun Ransome - Kuti . He also defended the commoners of his country, and was one of the founders of both the Nigeria Union of Teachers and of the Nigerian Union of Students . </P> <P> Ransome - Kuti received the national honour of membership in the Order of Nigeria in 1965 . The University of Ibadan bestowed upon her the honorary doctorate of laws in 1968 . She also held a seat in the Western House of Chiefs of Nigeria as an oloye of the Yoruba people . </P> <P> Throughout her career, she was known as an educator and activist . She and Elizabeth Adekogbe provided dynamic leadership for women's rights in the 1950s . Ransome - Kuti founded an organization for women in Abeokuta, with a membership tally of more than 20,000 individuals, spanning both literate and illiterate women . </P>

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