A Somali woman held municipal office in Mogadishu by September 1950

Evidence

A municipal authority was established in Mogadishu in September 1950, and among the councilors was the first Somali woman to serve in such a political office. This woman was the president of the Somali Women’s League. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1258

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1258
• XREF: connects to: Somali women first voted in the October 1958 municipal elections. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 411; De Gaulle won an 80 percent Yes vote in the September 1958 referendum — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 934

Broader Connections

• Somali women first voted in the October 1958 municipal elections. #corroborates (0.55) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 411
• De Gaulle won an 80 percent Yes vote in the September 1958 referendum #corroborates (0.40) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 934