Methodist Girls' High School (Lagos)
{{Short description|Secondary school in Nigeria}}{{Infobox school
| country = Nigeria
| religious_affiliation = Methodism
| established = {{start year and age|1879}}
| sister_school = Methodist Boys' High School
| gender = Girls
}}
Methodist Girls' High School is a secondary school for girls located in Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria. It was established in 1879 and affiliated with the Methodist Church. It is the first female secondary school and the third oldest secondary school in Nigeria. It is the sister school of Methodist Boys High School.{{cite news|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/methodist-old-girls-arise-women-task-fg-on-universal-health-coverage/|title=Methodist Old Girls, Arise Women task FG on Universal Health Coverage ON JUNE 9, 2015|author=Chioma Obina}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3_sHAQAAMAAJ&q=|title=Accessibility of Women to Science, Technology, and Mathematics (STM) Education in Nigeria, Research report of Nials Conference Series (Development Policy Centre (Ibadan, Nigeria))|author1= A. M. Oyeneyin|author2=M. O. Salau|author3=E. A. Ayodele|publisher=Development Policy Centre (Indiana University(|year=1999|isbn= 978-9-783-4819-92}}{{cite news|url=http://thenationonlineng.net/german-physicist-and-methodist-girls-yaba-lagos/|title=German Physicist and Methodist Girls, Yaba, Lagos|periodical =The Nation|author=Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth|date=April 13, 2013}}
Alumni
- Chief (Mrs) HID Awolowo, née Adelana (1915-2015), businesswomen and politician.{{cite news|url=http://thenationonlineng.net/how-awolowo-met-married-hid/|title=How Awolowo met, married HID|first=Musa |last=Odoshimokhe|date=25 November 2015|accessdate =16 June 2016|work=The Nation}}
- Professor Ibiyinka Fuwape, theoretical physicist.
- Alhaja Lateefat Okunnu, née Oyekan (born 1939), civil servant and administrator.{{cite book|author=Modupeolu Faseke|title=Nigerian Women Professionals: A Historical Analysis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0rAEAQAAIAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Tidings Publications|isbn=978-978-067-170-9|page=82}}
- Chief (Mrs) Folake Solanke SAN, née Odulate (born 1932), lawyer and administrator.{{cite news |last=Osuntokun |first=Jide |date=11 October 2007 |title=When Solanke reached for the stars |periodical=The Nation |url=http://www.thenationonlineng.net/archive2/tblnews_Detail.php?id=33861 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222165040/https://www.thenationonlineng.net/archive2/tblnews_Detail.php?id=33861 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |access-date=14 January 2021}}
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Category:Girls' schools in Lagos
Category:1879 establishments in Lagos Colony