Nancy Dolly Victoria Steele (1923–2001), was a Sierra Leonean politician and labour activist. Steele was a member of the APC political party in Sierra Leone.Denzer, LaRay. “Women in Freetown Politics, 1914–61: A Preliminary Study.” Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, vol. 57, no. 4, 1987, pp. 439–456. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1159893. Accessed 23 Sept. 2020.
Early life Nancy Dolly Victoria Grant was born in 1923 in Freetown, Sierra Leone to working-class Sierra Leone Creole parents.
Political career Steele was leader of the National Congress of Sierra Leone Women (NCSLW), founded in 1960 as the women's wing of the All People's Congress (APC). She served as a member of the Sierra Leone Parliament and was also acting Mayor of the Freetown City Council.
Personal life Nancy Steele was married to Marcus Steele, an Afro-Caribbean trade unionist. The couple had a son who died in infancy.
Death Steele died in 2001 in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
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