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Susan Ofori-Atta

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Susan Ofori-Atta
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Ein country of citizenshipGhana Edit
Name wey dem give amSusan Edit
Ein date of birth1917 Edit
Place dem born amKibi Edit
Date wey edieJuly 1985 Edit
Place wey edieUnited Kingdom Edit
Ein poppieNana Sir Ofori Atta I Edit
SiblingKofi Asante Ofori-Atta, William Ofori Atta, Jones Ofori Atta, Adeline Sylvia Eugeina Ama Yeboakua Akufo-Addo, Kwesi Amoako-Atta Edit
RelativeEdward Akufo-Addo Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish Edit
Ein occupationphysician, midwife, pediatrician Edit
EmployerUniversity of Ghana, University of Ghana Medical School Edit
Educate forAchimota School, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Korle-Bu Nurses Training College, Cambridge School Edit
Academic degreebachelor's degree Edit
Academic majorliberal arts education, medicine, surgery Edit

Susan Barbara Gyankorama Ofori-Atta san be de Graft-Johnson, (1917 – July 1985) be Ghanaian medical doctor – de first female doctor for de Gold Coast insyd.[1][2][3][4][5] She be de first Ghanaian woman den fourth West African woman wey earn university degree.[1][2][6] Na Ofori-Atta sanso be de fourth West African woman make she cam turn a physician after de Nigerians Agnes Yewande Savage (1929), Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi (1938) den Sierra Leone Creole, Irene Ighodaro (1944).[7][8][9][10][11] For 1933 insyd, Sierra Leone dema political activist den higher education pioneer, Edna Elliot-Horton cam turn de second West African woman university graduate den de first wey earn bachelor's degree for liberal arts insyd.[1] Eventually Ofori-Atta cam turn medical officer-in-charge at de Kumasi Hospital, den later, she assume in charge for de Princess Louise Hospital for Women.[1] Ein contemporary be Matilda J. Clerk, de second Ghanaian woman den fourth West African woman wey turn physician, na she educate for Achimota den Edinburgh.[1] University of Ghana make Ofori-Atta Honorary Doctor of Science secof ein work on malnutrition for kiddies insyd, she san receive de Royal Cross from Pope John Paul II de tym wey he cam Ghana for 1980 insyd, ein recognition for ein offering of free medical services for ein clinic.[12] Na she help establish de Women's Society for Public Affairs den na she be Foundation Fellow of de Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences.[13] Ein achievements be symbol of inspiration give aspiring women physicians for Ghana insyd.[13]

Death den legacy

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Susan Ofori-Atta die of natural causes insyd July 1985 insyd de United Kingdom.[13] Na dem name a girls' house after am for ein alma mater, Achimota School.[14]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Adell Patton (1996). Physicians, Colonial Racism, and Diaspora in West Africa. University Press of Florida. pp. 29–. ISBN 978-0-8130-1432-6.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Richard Rathbone (1993). Murder and Politics in Colonial Ghana. Yale University Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-300-05504-7. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Tetty, Charles (1985). "Medical Practitioners of African Descent in Colonial Ghana". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 18 (1): 139–144. doi:10.2307/217977. JSTOR 217977. PMID 11617203. S2CID 7298703.
  4. ↑ Ferry, Georgina (November 2018). "Agnes Yewande Savage, Susan Ofori-Atta, and Matilda Clerk: three pioneering doctors". The Lancet (in English). 392 (10161): 2258–2259. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32827-7. ISSN 0140-6736. S2CID 53713242.
  5. ↑ "Susan Ofori-Atta, the first Ghanaian female doctor in the Gold Coast -". Ghanaian Museum (in American English). 2020-01-19. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  6. ↑ Schmid, Pascal (April 2018). Medicine, Faith and Politics in Agogo: A History of Health Care Delivery in Rural Ghana, Ca. 1925 to 1980 (in English). LIT Verlag Münster. p. 297. ISBN 9783643802613.
  7. ↑ "CAS Students to Lead Seminar On University's African Alumni, Pt. IV: Agnes Yewande Savage". Postgrads from the Edge. 16 November 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Tabitha Medical Center | Celebrating African Women in Medicine". www.tabithamedicalcenter.com (in American English). Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  9. ↑ Anibaba, Musliu Olaiya (2003). A Lagosian of the 20th century: an autobiography (in English). Tisons Limited. ISBN 9789783557116. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016.
  10. ↑ Mitchell, Henry (November 2016). "Dr Agnes Yewande Savage – West Africa's First Woman Doctor (1906-1964)". Centre of African Studies. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "Guy's Hospital: Mural honouring African health workers unveiled". www.bbc.com (in British English). 2024-10-03. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
  12. ↑ Cecilia J. Dumor (August 2002). Nelson Thornes West African Readers Junior Readers 3. Nelson Thornes. pp. 124–. ISBN 978-0-7487-7034-2. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "National Commission on Culture". ghanaculture.gov.gh. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Old Achimotan Association". www.oldachimotan.net. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
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