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No African medical professional could reach a position of authority over white colleagues.

Agnes Yewande Savage

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Agnes Yewande Savage (21 February 1906 – 7 September 1964) was a Nigerian medical doctor and the first West African woman to train and qualify in orthodox medicine.

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Alternative Names: Agnes Yewande Smith Bowie Savage

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At the same time, medical training had only recently become accessible to women in the UK, and was non-existent within Ghana, or the Gold Coast as it was known until independence.

So it is remarkable that under these circumstances three West African women qualified as doctors and showed by their example the crucial role of women in advancing maternal and child health.

No African medical professional could reach a position of authority over white colleagues. - Agnes Yewande Savage

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