Enterprise & Innovation
Hannah Forster
Merchant and civic pioneer
1893–1966Hannah Forster, born Hannah Johnson, was a Gambian entrepreneur and an early woman in municipal politics. After teaching, she developed shops and trading businesses in Bathurst and several river settlements. Her commercial activities included kola nuts and oysters. She also became one of the first women elected to Bathurst Town Council in 1946.
THEIR MARK ON HISTORY
01Built a trading business with outlets in Bathurst and upriver settlements.
02Elected to Bathurst Town Council in 1946.
SOURCES & FURTHER READING01Biographical reference02Ohio University: women's grassroots movements research
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