During Africa’s anti-colonial movements, women in French colonies were less politically active than women in British colonies. Hern examines how differences in British and French education policies in the Gold Coast and Senegal between the 1920s and the 1950s shaped women’s opportunities for participating in nationalist activity and becoming involved in early-independence politics. Compared to girls’ education in Senegal, girls’ education in the Gold Coast was more widespread, came from a variety of providers, and was less focused on domesticity. Women in the Gold Coast were thus more likely to be mobilized as political agents during the nationalist movement and integrated into Ghana’s new independent government.

在非洲的反殖民运动中，法国殖民地的妇女比英国殖民地的妇女在政治上的活跃程度较低。海恩研究了1920年代和1950年代之间黄金海岸和塞内加尔的英法教育政策差异如何影响妇女参与民族主义活动和参与早期独立政治的机会。与塞内加尔的女童教育相比，黄金海岸的女童教育更为普遍，来自各种提供者，并且对家庭的关注程度较低。因此，在民族主义运动期间，黄金海岸的妇女更有可能被动员为政治代理人，并融入加纳的新独立政府。