Mary Grant (politician)
Mary Grant | |
|---|---|
| Council of State Member | |
| Minister of Education and Culture | |
| In office 1991–1993 | |
| Member of National Defence Council for General Affairs | |
| In office 1989–2001 | |
| Deputy Minister of Health | |
| In office 1988–1989 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 August 1928 |
| Died | 18 September 2016 (aged 88) 37 Military Hospital, Accra, Ghana |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Alma mater | Wesley Girls High School |
Mary Grant (6 August 1928 – 18 September 2016) was a Ghanaian physician and politician. She was Ghana's first Council of State member and also the first Wesley Girls High School alumna to be a medical doctor. Grant was the third Ghanaian woman to qualify in medicine after Susan Ofori-Atta (1947) and Matilda J. Clerk (1949). She was a relation of Paa Grant, who has been called "the father of Gold Coast politics".