Nancy Dolly Victoria Steele (1923–2001), was a Sierra Leonean politician and labour activist. Steele was a member of the APC political party in Sierra Leone.[1]
Early life
editNancy Dolly Victoria Grant was born in 1923 in Freetown, Sierra Leone to working-class Sierra Leone Creole parents.
Political career
editSteele was leader of the National Congress of Sierra Leone Women (NCSLW), founded in 1960 as the women's wing of the All People's Congress (APC).[2] She served as a member of the Sierra Leone Parliament and was also acting Mayor of the Freetown City Council.[3][4][5]
Personal life
editNancy Steele was married to Marcus Steele, an Afro-Caribbean trade unionist. The couple had a son who died in infancy.
Death
editSteele died in 2001 in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
References
edit- ^ Denzer, LaRay. “Women in Freetown Politics, 1914–61: A Preliminary Study.” Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, vol. 57, no. 4, 1987, pp. 439–456. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1159893. Accessed 23 Sept. 2020.
- ^ Kathleen Sheldon (2005). "National Congress of Sierra Leonean Women". Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Scarecrow Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-8108-6547-1.
- ^ Abadi, Amadi (7 January 2002). "Sierra Leone: Why APC Wants Civic Funeral for Nancy Steele". Standard Times (Freetown) – via allafrica.com.
- ^ "Civilians face execution following Sierra Leone coup". BBC News Africa. October 21, 1998.
- ^ "11 condemned to death". The Irish Times. Dublin. October 22, 1998. ISSN 0791-5144.