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Wesley Girls' Senior High School

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Wesley Girls' High School
high school, girls' school
Year dem found am1836 Edit
Motto textLive Pure, Speak True, Right Wrong and Follow the King Edit
CountryGhana Edit
Edey de administrative territorial entity insydCape Coast Metropolitan District Edit
Ein locationCentral Region Edit
Coordinate location5°7′53″N 1°16′46″W Edit
Demma headquarters locationCape Coast Edit
Colorgreen, yellow Edit
OperatorGhana Education Service Edit
Street addressP.O. Box Box 61, Cape Coast, Ghana Edit
Dema official websitehttp://www.wesleygirls.edu.gh Edit
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Wesley Girls' High School (WGHS) be an educational institution give girlies insyd Cape Coast insyd de Central region of Ghana.[1] Na dem found am insyd 1836 by Harriet Wrigley, de wifey of a Methodist minister.[2] Na dem name de school after de founder of Methodism, John Wesley.

Notable alumni

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  • Rosina Acheampong, educationist, first female deputy director general of de GES, first Ghanaian headmistress of Wesley Girls High School
  • Jemila Abdulai, blogger, writer den digital marketer
  • Barbara Frances Ackah-Yensu, justice of de Supreme Court of Ghana
  • Rosamond Asiamah Nkansah, 1st police woman insyd Ghana
  • Betty Acquah, feminist painter[3]
  • Adina, musician
  • Sophia Ophilia Adjeibea Adinyira, justice of de Supreme Court of Ghana (2006 – 2019)
  • Dedo Difie Agyarko-Kusi, Ghana Ambassador to South Korea (2017–2021)[4][5]
  • Agnes Aggrey-Orleans, Ghanaian diplomat
  • Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, member of parliament for Klottey Korle Constituency
  • Mabel Agyemang, Chief Justice of de Turks and Caicos Islands,[6] first female Chief Justice of The Gambia (2013–2014)
  • Ama Ata Aidoo, award-winning author, academic, former Minister of Education
  • Sophia Akuffo, 13th Chief Justice of Ghana
  • Patience Akyianu, banker; formerly managing director of Barclays Bank Ghana den currently CEO[7]
  • Akosua Addai Amoo, sports journalist
  • Grace Amponsah-Ababio, retired diplomat
  • Abena Osei Asare, member of parliament for Atiwa East
  • Gladys Asmah, former Minister of Fisheries
  • Becca, musician
  • Sylvia Boye, former Chief Executive den first female Registrar of West Africa Examinations Council
  • Mary Chinery-Hesse, former civil servant den first female director of International Labor Organization, United Nations
  • Melody Millicent Danquah, first female pilot insyd Africa
  • Mercy Yvonne Debrah-Karikari, first female to be Secretary to de Cabinet
  • Rita Akosua Dickson, Vice Chancellor of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
  • Florence Dolphyne, first female Professor den first female Pro-vice Chancellor, University of Ghana, Legon
  • Efua Dorkenoo, activist
  • Brigitte Dzogbenuku, Presidential candidate (2020) & Vice Presidential candidate (2016) for de Progressive People's Party
  • Constance Edjeani-Afenu, first female brigadier general of de Ghana Armed Forces, Deputy Military Adviser to Ghana ein permanent Mission insyd New York
  • Mary Grant, Ghana ein first female council of state member; first alumna to be a medical doctor
  • Afua Adwo Jectey Hesse, chief executive officer of de Korle Bu Teaching Hospital
  • Avril Lovelace-Johnson, Justice of de Supreme Court of Ghana
  • Jennifer Koranteng, model den fashion designer
  • Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh, business leader den Microsoft ein Financial Strategic Partnership Lead for Africa
  • Eva Lokko, engineer den former managing director of de Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
  • Alima Mahama, lawyer den former Minister for de affairs of women den kiddies insyd Ghana
  • Takyiwa Manuh, Ghanaian academic den author
  • Joy Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, a law professor den Justice of de Supreme Court of Ghana
  • Akosua Manu, deputy CEO of National Youth Authority
  • Joyce Bawah Mogtari, Lawyer den Former Deputy Minister of Transport[8]
  • Emma Morrison, television personality den media professional[9]
  • Victoria Nyarko, Ghanaian politician, member of parliament insyd de first republic
  • Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, first female Vice-Chancellor of a state University insyd Ghana, First female Vice-Pee of Ghana
  • Rose Constance Owusu, former justice of de Supreme Court of Ghana (2008 – 2014)
  • Deborah Owusu-Bonsu, musician, television presenter den model
  • Martha Akyaa Pobee, Diplomat, Permanent Member to de United Nations,
  • Lucy Quist, first Ghanaian woman make she cam turn CEO of a multinational telecommunications company insyd Ghana
  • Mabel Simpson, fashion designer
  • Hanna Tetteh, former Minister for Trade and Industry den former Minister for Foreign Affairs[10]
  • Gertrude Torkornoo, 15th Chief Justice of Ghana
  • Yvonne Tsikata, international economist den first Ghanaian woman make she cam turn vice pee for de World Bank
  • Julia Osei Tutu, wifey of Asantehene, Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II
  • Georgina Theodora Wood, former police prosecution officer, first female Chief Justice of Ghana
  • Nana Oye Mansa Yeboaa, first female deputy Governor of de Bank of Ghana, den former Ghanaian diplomat
  • Vida Yeboah, minister of state insyd de Rawlings government, former Headmistress of Mfanstiman Girls' Secondary School

References

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  1. "We've made progress in Wesley Girls' school impasse— Peace Council". Graphic Online (in British English). Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  2. Abyna-Ansaa Adjei (2007). Ghana at 50. National Planning Committee, Ghana at 50. p. 95. ISBN 978-9988-0-9707-3.
  3. "Art: Betty Acquah | Maple Tree Literary Supplement -issue17". www.mtls.ca. 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  4. "NPP Candidate Sure Of Winning Lower Manya Krobo Seat". Peace FM Online. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  5. "President Akufo-Addo Swears In 4 Ambassadors, 1 High Commissioner". Presidency of Ghana. Communications Bureau. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  6. "Governor Dakin announces new judicial appointments". GOV.UK (in English). Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  7. "Patience Akyianu". Who's Who in Ghana. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  8. Online, Peace FM. "Mahama Picks Joyce Bawa Mogtari As His Special Aide". Peacefmonline.com - Ghana news. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  9. "Emma on the ball". Modern Ghana. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  10. "Hannah Tetteh, Foreign Affairs Minister". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
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