Louise Antoinette N'Jie  (23 January 1922 – 22 May 2014) was a Gambian teacher, feminist and politician who was the first woman to serve as a cabinet minister in  Gambia. Early life and education Louise Antoinette Mahoney was born in Bathurst (now Banjul) in British Gambia on 23 January 1922, the third of five children. Her father, Sir John Mahoney was of Aku descent and was the first Speaker of the National Assembly of the Gambia and her mother, Hannah, was the first Gambian woman to work as a clerk in the Government Secretariat in the 1910s. Her younger sister Augusta was the first female candidate to stand in a Gambian national election and later married Gambia's first President,  Dawda Jawara. Her brother John later married Florence Mahoney, the first Gambian woman to obtain a PhD. Career N'Jie taught in various primary and secondary schools in Gambia for ten years and was principal of Bakau Primary School from 1957 until 1963. In 1953, she was one of five female members of a 34-member Consultative Committee to Governor Percy Wyn-Harris on constitutional reform. In 1958, she was appointed to the Committee for the Preparation of the Royal Visit and the Reception of Queen Elizabeth II to  Gambia in 1961. In 1960, she participated in the United Nations Seminar on Participation of Women in Public Life in Addis Ababa. In 1970, she was one of the founders of the Federation of Gambian Women. Personal life N'Jie married Denis Ebrima N'Jie, the Gambia's first dental surgeon, in the United Kingdom in 1950 and they had one son who died in 1997. She was a committed Christian and active in local churches throughout her life. Awards and honours N'Jie was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in June 1963. In 2015, on the fiftieth anniversary of Gambia's independence from Britain, she was named by The Standard as one of "50 prominent Gambians who helped to shape the nation."
Louise Antoinette N'Jie , (23 January 1922 – 22 May 2014) was a Gambian teacher, feminist and politician who was the first woman to serve as a cabinet minister in The Gambia. Early life and education Louise Antoinette Mahoney was born in Bathurst (now Banjul) in British Gambia on 23 January 1922, the third of five children. Her father, Sir John Mahoney was of Aku descent and was the first Speaker of the National Assembly of the Gambia and her mother, Hannah, was the first Gambian woman to work as a clerk in the Government Secretariat in the 1910s. Her younger sister Augusta was the first female candidate to stand in a Gambian national election and later married Gambia's first President, Sir Dawda Jawara. Her brother John later married Florence Mahoney, the first Gambian woman to obtain a PhD. Career N'Jie taught in various primary and secondary schools in Gambia for ten years and was principal of Bakau Primary School from 1957 until 1963. In 1953, she was one of five female members of a 34-member consultative committee to Governor Sir Percy Wyn-Harris on constitutional reform. In 1958, she was appointed to the Committee for the Preparation of the Royal Visit and the Reception of Queen Elizabeth II to The Gambia in 1961. In 1960, she participated in the United Nations Seminar on Participation of Women in Public Life in Addis Ababa. In 1970, she was one of the founders of the Federation of Gambian Women. Personal life N'Jie married Denis Ebrima N'Jie, the Gambia's first dental surgeon, in the United Kingdom in 1950 and they had one son who died in 1997. She was a committed Christian and active in local churches throughout her life. Awards and honours N'Jie was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in June 1963. In 2015, on the fiftieth anniversary of Gambia's independence from Britain, she was named by The Standard as one of "50 prominent Gambians who helped to shape the nation."
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