Kofo Ademola

Kofoworola Aina Moore was born on May 21, 1913, in Lagos to Omoba Eric Olawolu Moore, a prominent Crown Counsel. After attending Port Regis and St. Hugh's College, Oxford, she graduated in 1935 with a degree in English, breaking racial and gender barriers as the first Black African woman to graduate from the University of Oxford.

In 1939, she married Adetokunbo Ademola, who later became the first indigenous Chief Justice of Nigeria. Lady Ademola devoted her life to literacy, child welfare, and women's advancement, establishing girls' secondary schools and co-founding the National Council of Women's Societies (NCWS) in 1958, serving as its first president. She was also an accomplished author of children's literature and an autobiography.