The Annie Walsh Memorial School is an all-girls secondary school in Freetown, Sierra Leone. It was established in 1849 in Charlotte, a newly established village for recaptives.
Notable alumni Zainab Bangura: Foreign Minister of Sierra Leone, and founder of Campaign for Good Governance Hannah Benka-Coker: educator; founder of Freetown Secondary School for Girls (FSSG) in 1926 Sarah Forbes Bonetta: African Princess and Queen Victoria's (England) goddaughter Mabel Dove: Journalist and first female MP in Africa Irene Ighodaro: first female medical doctor in West Africa Sia Koroma: First Lady of Sierra Leone Nemata Majeks-Walker, women's rights activist Lati Hyde-Forster: first female graduate of Fourah Bay College, Yema Lucilda Hunter, née Caulker: author and retired WHO Librarian Jeillo Edwards: actress Stella Thomas: lawyer Nkechi Agwu: mathematician Chidi Blyden: foreign policy advisor
See also Sarah Hartwig (missionary)
References
External links Annie Walsh Memorial School Old Girls Association Annie Walsh Old Girls Association UK Branch