Back إليزابيث أبيمبولا أوليي Arabic اليزابيث ابيمبولا اوليى ARZ Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi Spanish Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi French Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi Hausa Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi IG എലിസബത്ത് അബിംബോള ആവോലിയി Malayalam Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi Swedish
Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi | |
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 Awoliyi in the 1940s-50s | |
| Born | Elizabeth Abimbola Akerele 1910 Lagos, Nigeria |
| Died | 14 September 1971 (aged 60–61) |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Citizenship | Nigeria |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Physician |
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| Spouse | S. O. Awoliyi |
| Children | 2 |
Chief Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi, MBE, OFR (née Akerele, 1910–14 September 1971) was the first woman to practise as a physician in Nigeria.[1] She was also the first West African woman to earn a license of Royal Surgeon in Dublin.[1][2] In 1938, Elizabeth Awoliyi became the second West African woman to qualify as an orthodox-medicine trained physician after Agnes Yewande Savage who graduated from medical school in 1929.[3] She was the second president of the National Council of Women's Societies of Nigeria from 1964 until her death in 1971.[4]
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