Florence Dillsworth
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Florence Agnes Dillsworth | |
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Born | Florence Agnes Dillsworth 11 December 1937 Freetown, Sierra Leone |
Died | Freetown, Sierra Leone | 9 September 2000
Occupation | Educator, teacher, principal, mayor |
Nationality | British Subject, Sierra Leonean |
Education | St. Joseph's Convent School |
Florence Agnes Dillsworth (1937–2000), was a Sierra Leonean educator who served as Principal of St. Joseph's Convent School and was the third Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Early life
Florence Agnes Dillsworth was born to Sierra Leone Creole parents, Wilmot Aloysius Dillsowrth (1908-1985), the town clerk of Freetown, and Jeanne Dillsworth, nee Peacourt. Florence Dillsworth attended the St. Joseph's Convent School in Freetown, Sierra Leone and was subsequently educated in England.
Political career
Florence Dillsworth was elected as the third female mayor of Freetown on the Freetown City Council.
Death
Dillsworth died in 2000 in Freetown, Sierra Leone and was buried in Ascension Town Cemetery.
References
Categories:
- Sierra Leone Creole people
- People of Americo-Liberian descent
- People of French descent
- 20th-century women politicians
- 20th-century Sierra Leonean politicians
- Sierra Leonean city councillors
- Mayors of Freetown
- Sierra Leonean educators
- Sierra Leonean women in politics
- Women mayors of places in Sierra Leone
- 1935 births
- 2000 deaths