Statecraft & Independence
Distinguished
Hannah Mahoney
The Gambia's first woman magistrate and justice of the peace
Distinguished is level 3 of 4 in the The Gambia Hall of Fame: sustained excellence over a career, widely honoured at home. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
A pioneering politician who was the first Gambian woman to hold a string of public offices, magistrate and justice of the peace among them.
Hannah Mahoney was a pioneering Gambian politician and the first woman in the country to hold a number of public offices, including justice of the peace and magistrate.
Her mother had been the first Gambian woman to work as a clerk in the Government Secretariat, in the 1910s.
Her mother had been the first Gambian woman to work as a clerk in the Government Secretariat, in the 1910s.
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