Essi Matilda Forster

Essi Matilda Forster
Born
Essi Matilda Christian

(1922-09-12)12 September 1922
Sekondi, Gold Coast (now Ghana)
DiedAugust 1998 (1998-09) (aged 75)
Accra, Ghana
Nationality
EducationGray's Inn
OccupationLawyer
Known for
  • First female native of the Gold Coast to qualify as a lawyer
  • Third woman in British West Africa to qualify as a lawyer
Spouse(s)Edward Francis Bani Forster, m. 1944
Children3

Essi Matilda Forster (12 September 1922 – August 1998) was a Ghanaian lawyer and the first female native of the Gold Coast (now Ghana) to qualify as a lawyer.

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