| 词条 | Hannah Benka-Coker |
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Hannah Benka-Coker, MBE, née Luke (1903 – 17 June 1952)[1] was an educator from Sierra Leone. She is one of the founders of the Freetown Secondary School for Girls (FSSG) which was established in 1926. Early life and educationBorn Hannah Luke in British Sierra Leone, she was educated at the Portway Institute in England.[2] Freetown Secondary School for GirlsShe organized a group of close family members and friends to plan a school that would offer a comprehensive, world-class education program for girls.[2] One of her friends was Maisie Osora, the British wife of a Sierra Leonean clergyman, who was a teacher at the Annie Walsh Memorial School.[2] On 20 January 1926, the Freetown Secondary School for Girls opened at Garrison and Gloucester Streets with a student body of twenty girls.[2] Osora was principal and Benka-Coker was as vice-principal.[2] The Freetown School for Girls was the only school that had classes from Kindergarten through Secondary School.[2] Eventually, Hannah became the school principal.[2] During her tenure she accepted students from all over West Africa regardless of creed or tribe.[2] The school moved to Tower Hill in Freetown and became a boarding school.[2] Students flocked from The Gambia, The Gold Coast and Nigeria.[2] In 1944, Benka-Coker was awarded an MBE for her services to education.[3] Marriage and familyShe married a lawyer from the Gambia and became Hannah Benka-Coker.[2] DeathShe died in June 1952,[4] aged 49.[5] LegacyHer contributions to the education of girls and women were lauded in Sierra Leone and internationally.[6] Benka-Coker has since had a statue erected in her honour.[7] See also
References1. ^"Our History" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211042125/http://www.fssgukbranch.com/our-history/ |date=2015-12-11 }}, FSSG Ex-Pupils Association UK. {{Subject bar |portal1= Africa |portal2= Biography |portal3= Human Rights |portal4= Politics |portal5= Sierra Leone |portal6= Women's history}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Benka-Coker, Hannah}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 {{Cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203070933/http://www.fssgukbranch.com/our-history/ |title=The History of Our School |date=2013-12-03 |access-date=2018-06-19}} 3. ^Hadi Bah, "Once out of sight, Sierra Leone’s heroes, historical figures, are out of mind too", Sierra Leone 365. 4. ^{{cite book|author=Constance Agatha Cummings-John|title=Memoirs of a Krio Leader|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJwPAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=20 May 2013|year=1995|publisher=Sam Bookman for Humanities Research Centre|isbn=978-978-2165-51-0|page=95}} 5. ^"Noted African Lady Passes", Memphis World, 25 July 1952. 6. ^{{cite book|last=Johnson|first=Alex C.|title=New perspectives on the Sierra Leone Krio|date=8 November 2005|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=978-0820479378|page=271|editor=Mac Dixon-Fyle, Gibril Raschid Cole}} 7. ^{{cite book|last=Hafkin|first=Nancy Jane|title=Women in Africa: Studies in Social and Economic Change|date=30 June 1976|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0804710114|page=218|editor=Edna G. Bay}} 5 : 1903 births|1952 deaths|20th-century Sierra Leonean people|Annie Walsh Memorial School alumni|Sierra Leonean educators |
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