"She also strongly protested a market price control plan, named the Pullen scheme popularly after a British officer, Captain A.P. Pullen, who initiated and directed it"
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Women born in the 19th centuryWomen's rights activistsWomen activists from NigeriaBusinesswomen from NigeriaYoruba people
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Alimotu Pelewura
1865 – 1951
Alimotu Pelewura (c. 1865–1951) was a Nigerian trader who was leader of the Lagos Market Women's Association, a Lagos-based market women advocacy group. She was also an important political ally of Herbert Macaulay.
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