Education & Scholarship
Florence Mahoney
Historian and education pioneer
Born 1929Florence Mahoney is a Gambian historian and educator who became the first Gambian woman to earn a doctorate. Her 1963 thesis examined government and public opinion in colonial The Gambia. Alongside teaching and writing, she contributed to the development of national archives and the preservation of Gambian historical and material culture.
THEIR MARK ON HISTORY
01Earned a doctorate in history from SOAS in 1963.
02Contributed to the development of the Gambia National Archives.
SOURCES & FURTHER READING01The Point: Florence Mahoney at 80
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