Abstract
The social and economic history of Lagos cannot be written without reference to the activities of women as individuals or as a group. From the pre-colonial period, women played significant roles in the economic and social activities of the city. At the beginning of colonialism, their activities extended beyond the social and economic realms into political activism and partisan politics. This article examines the experiences of women in the wake of the modernization and urbanization policies of the British in colonial Lagos, especially from 1900 to the end of the World War II. The article extensively utilizes both primary and secondary sources. It concludes that though women in Lagos were industrious, their contact with Europeans further transformed their traditional roles politically, socially and economically.
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