Maria Nyerere
December 31, 1930, Tanzania
Maria Nyerere (born Maria Waningu Gabriel Magige; December 31, 1930)
served as the inaugural First Lady of Tanzania from 1964 to 1985.
She was the seventh of nine children of Mr. Gabriel Magige, of Baraki, Tareme and his wife Hannah Nyashiboha.
Nyerere was educated at the White Sisters' School at Nyegina and Ukerewe School. She was a boarding scholar at Sumve Teacher Training College in Mwanza, where she attained a teaching certificate and She began her work by teaching at Nyegina Primary School at Musoma.
In 1953 she married Julius Nyerere, who was then also a teacher. He became an activist and politician, co-founder and president of Tanzania
