Priscilla Nzimiro

Ada Priscilla Nzimiro (30 April 1923 – 22 March 1951) was a trained medical doctor with family roots in Oguta, present-day Imo State. She attended the University of Glasgow and earned her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) in 1950. She was the first woman from Igboland to graduate as a medical doctor. Her father was a politician who served as the first mayor of Port Harcourt from 1956 until his death in 1959. Her mother, a wealthy merchant, traded palm oil, salt and European manufactured goods.

In 1945, Nzimiro enrolled at the University of Glasgow in Scotland for her university education where she studied medicine.

Death On 22 March 1951, Nzimiro died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary at the age of 27. Her death was a shock to many people including her parents, relatives and well-wishers. Later reports suggested that the cause of her death was unnatural. She was buried in Oguta on 27 April 1951. As the first female medical doctor from her region, Nzimiro inspired many young women to pursue medicine as a career.