"The progress of earlier graduates paved the way for a new generation of black, female Rhodes Scholars."
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Kofoworola Ademola
Kofoworola "Kofo" Aina Ademola, Lady Ademola (21 May 1913 – 15 May 2002) MBE, MFR, OFR was a Nigerian Educationist who was the president of the National Council of Women's Societies in Nigeria and was the head of the women's organization from 1958 to 1964. She was the first black African woman to earn a degree from Oxford University, studying at St Hugh's College, and also an author of children's books.
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