Funmilayo Ransome Kuti born 25 October 1900 in Abeokuta, she was a prominent Yoruba woman and an anti-colonial activist, a teacher and a politician. She was described by many as the doyen of women's rights in Nigeria and the Mother of Nigeria. She founded and was the leader of Abeokuta Women's Union on a campaign against arbitrary taxation of women, a pressure group that had over 20,000 membership, the struggle which led to the abdication of the Egba King Oba Ademola II in 1949.
