Angele Ishag
Angele Ishag Girgis (born 1937) was a Sudanese teacher. She was the first Sudanese woman to be admitted to the Gordon Memorial College, which later became the University of Khartoum.[1]
Life[edit]
Angele Ishag was a Christian Copt. She entered the Gordon Memorial College in 1945, graduating with a diploma from the school of Arts in 1948.[1] She also gained a Diploma of Education from Edinburgh University in 1962.[citation needed]
Angele Ishag attended Women's Affairs Conferences in Greece, Egypt and Syria. From 1967 she was a secondary school teacher and headmistress. In 1976, when she was considered for an African Women Educators program sponsored by the United States, she was headmistress of Kassala Girls Higher Secondary School.[citation needed] She went on to be headmistress of Khartoum Secondary School for Girls and the Omdurman College for Girls (College for Home Science).[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Mahasin Saad, Notes on Higher Education for Women in the Sudan, Sudan Notes and Records, Vol. 53 (1972), pp.174-81.