{{Short description|Nigerian mathematician and academic (1932–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox scientist | birth_name = Grace Awani Alele | honorific_suffix = OON, FMAN, FNAE | image = Grace Alele-Williams.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|1932|12|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Warri, Western Region, Nigeria | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|3|25|1932|12|16|df=y}} | death_place = Lagos, Nigeria | fields = mathematics education | workplaces = Queen's School<br>University of Ibadan<br/>University of Vermont <br/>University of Lagos | education = University of Ibadan(1954) <br/> University of Chicago (PhD, 1963) | thesis_title = Dynamics Of Education In The Birth Of A New Nation: Case Study Of Nigeria.<!--(or | thesis1_title = and | thesis2_title = )--> | thesis_url = https://books.google.com/books/about/Dynamics_of_Education_in_the_Birth_of_a.html?id=4hX1GgAACAAJ<!--(or | thesis1_url = and | thesis2_url = )--> | thesis_year = 1963<!--(or | thesis1_year = and | thesis2_year = )--> | doctoral_advisor = | spouse = {{marriage|Babatunde Abraham Williams|December 1963|January 2010|reason={{abbr|died}}}} | children = 5 }}
'''Grace Awani Alele-Williams ''' {{small|OON, FMAN, FNAE}} (16 December 1932 – 25 March 2022) was a Nigerian professor of mathematics education,<ref name="Vanguard20180414">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/04/grace-alele-williams-mathematician-dealt-cultism-uniben/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|title=Grace Alele-Williams: Mathematician who dealt with cultism at UNIBEN|last=Taire|first=Morenike|date=14 April 2018|access-date=23 May 2018|archive-date=23 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523011457/https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/04/grace-alele-williams-mathematician-dealt-cultism-uniben/|url-status=live|newspaper=Vanguard}}</ref><ref name="nigeriagalleria">{{Cite web|title=Grace Alele, Role Model, Teacher, Professor, Doctor, Vice-chancellor, Warrior, Prominent Nigerian, Nigeria Personality Profiles|url=https://www.nigeriagalleria.com/Nigeria/Personality-Profiles/Prominent-Nigerians/Grace-Alele.html|access-date=20 May 2021|website=www.nigeriagalleria.com|archive-date=29 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429150337/https://www.nigeriagalleria.com/Nigeria/Personality-Profiles/Prominent-Nigerians/Grace-Alele.html|url-status=live}}</ref> who made history as the first Nigerian woman to receive a doctorate,<ref name="LRiddle-agnesscott.edu">{{cite web |last1=Riddle |first1=Larry |title=Grace Alele Williams |url=https://mathwomen.agnesscott.org/women/williams.htm |website=Biographies of Women Mathematicians |publisher=Agnes Scott College |access-date=27 March 2022 |date=16 February 2022 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222131014/https://mathwomen.agnesscott.org/women/williams.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pulse.ng/communities/student/international-women's-day-5-women-who-have-made-their-marks-in-education/rsw5836|title=5 women who have made their marks in education|date=8 March 2018|newspaper=Pulse Nigeria|language=en-US|access-date=20 March 2019|archive-date=1 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701120441/https://www.pulse.ng/communities/student/international-womens-day-5-women-who-have-made-their-marks-in-education/rsw5836|url-status=live}}</ref> and the first female vice-chancellor at any Nigerian university,<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |last=Quadri |first=Opeyemi |date=30 June 2024 |title=Full List: Past and Present Female Vice-Chancellors In Nigeria’s Universities Who Proved That What Male VCs Can Do, Female VCs Can Do Better |url=https://edubase.ng/past-present-female-vice-chancellors-in-nigeria-universities/ |access-date=24 August 2024 |website=EdubaseNG}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|date=12 April 2018|title=First Female Vice Chancellor in Nigeria|url=https://hintng.com/first-female-vice-chancellor-in-nigeria/|access-date=27 April 2021|website=Hintnaija|language=en-US|archive-date=27 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427200950/https://hintng.com/first-female-vice-chancellor-in-nigeria/|url-status=live}}</ref> at the University of Benin.<ref>{{citation|title=Women Leadership in Nigeria: Stories of Four Women Role Models|author=Nkechi Nwankwo|publisher=Deutchetz Publishers|location=Lagos|year=2006}}. [http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/arts/2006/jul/25/arts-25-07-2006-001.htm Review] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626091727/http://sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/arts/2006/jul/25/arts-25-07-2006-001.htm |date=26 June 2012 }} by Theresa Onwughalu in the Daily Sun, 25 July 2006.</ref><ref name="AMUCHMA12">{{citation|title=Biographical sketches of famous African mathematicians: Grace Alele Williams|journal=AMUCHMA Newsletter #12|publisher=African Mathematical Union, Commission on the History of Mathematics in Africa|date=27 March 1994|url=http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/AMU/amu_chma_12.html#5|access-date=23 January 2010|archive-date=24 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224215711/http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/AMU/amu_chma_12.html#5|url-status=live}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hallmarksoflabour.org/2011/11/prof-mrs-grace-alele-williams-ofr-hlr/ |title=Prof. Mrs Grace Alele Williams OFR, HLR |publisher=Hallmarks of Labour Foundation |date=28 November 2011 |accessdate=9 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216151023/http://www.hallmarksoflabour.org/2011/11/prof-mrs-grace-alele-williams-ofr-hlr/ |archivedate=16 December 2013 }}</ref>
==Early life and education== Grace Awani Alele was born to Itsekiri parents in Warri, Western Region (present-day Delta State), Nigeria on 16 December 1932.<ref name="Vanguard20220326-Halfmast" /><ref name="GraceAleleWilliamsNoticesAMS">{{Cite journal|last1=Howell|first1=Karin-Therese|last2=Neudauer|first2=Nancy Ann|date=2022|title=Grace Alele-Williams Nigerian Mathematician of Many Firsts - Breaking Down Barriers and Opening Paths|url=https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202203/rnoti-p439.pdf|journal=Notices of the American Mathematical Society|volume=69|pages=439–455}}</ref><ref name="Vanguard20220327" /><ref name="MacTutor" /> She attended Government School, Warri, Queen's College, Lagos and the University College of Ibadan<ref name="silverbirdtv.com">{{Cite web|url=https://silverbirdtv.com/personality-of-the-week-grace-alele-williams-2/|title=Personality of The Week – Grace Alele williams|date=20 November 2014|website=SilverbirdTV|language=en-US|access-date=9 May 2019|archive-date=1 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701120441/https://silverbirdtv.com/personality-of-the-week-grace-alele-williams-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> (now University of Ibadan). She obtained a master's degree in mathematics while teaching at Queen's School, Ede in Osun State in 1957 and her PhD degree in mathematics education at the University of Chicago (U.S.) in 1963,<ref name="silverbirdtv.com"/> thereby making her the first Nigerian woman to be awarded a doctorate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grace Alele-Williams – Rest in peace – OMEP |url=https://omepworld.org/grace-alele-williams-rest-in-peace/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=omepworld.org}}</ref> Grace Alele was married later that year and became known as Grace Alele-Williams.<ref name="MacTutor" /> She returned to Nigeria for a couple of years' postdoctoral work at the University of Ibadan before joining the University of Lagos in 1965.<ref name="UBuffalo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/PEEPS/williams_grace_alele.html|title=Grace Alele Williams - Black Women in Mathematics|website=www.math.buffalo.edu|access-date=9 May 2019|archive-date=4 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304172020/http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/PEEPS/williams_grace_alele.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Career== Alele-Williams's teaching career started at Queen's School, Ede, Osun State, where she was a mathematics teacher from 1954 to 1957.<ref name="LRiddle-agnesscott.edu" /> She left for the University of Vermont to become a graduate assistant and later assistant professor.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rapheal |date=2022-04-08 |title=Grace Alele-Williams (1932-2022) |url=https://thesun.ng/grace-alele-williams-1932-2022/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2025-02-01 |newspaper=The Sun|language=en}}</ref> From 1963 to 1965, Alele-Williams was a postdoctoral research fellow, department (and institute) of education, University of Ibadan from where she was appointed a professor of mathematics at the University of Lagos in 1976.<ref name="AMUCHMA12"/>
She had a special interest in women's education.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Odunewu |first=Olusegun |date=2022-03-26 |title=Life, times of Nigeria’s first female Vice chancellor, Alele-Williams |url=https://nationaldailyng.com/life-times-of-nigerias-first-female-vice-chancellor-alele-williams/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2025-02-01 |newspaper=National Daily|language=en-US}}</ref> While spending a decade directing the institute of education, she introduced innovative non-degree programmes, allowing older women working as elementary school teachers to receive certificates.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Okogba |first=Emmanuel |date=2022-03-26 |title=Grace Alele-Williams dies at 89 |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/03/grace-alele-williams-dies-at-89/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2025-02-10 |newspaper=Vanguard|language=en-GB}}</ref> Alele-Williams always demonstrated concern for the access of female African students to scientific and technological subjects.<ref name="Vanguard20180414"/> Her interest in mathematics education was originally sparked by her stay in the US, which coincided with the Sputnik phenomenon.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite news |last=Jeremiah |first=Urowayino |date=2018-04-14 |title=Grace Alele-Williams: Mathematician who dealt with cultism at UNIBEN |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/04/grace-alele-williams-mathematician-dealt-cultism-uniben/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2025-02-01 |newspaper=Vanguard|language=en-GB}}</ref> Working with the African Mathematics Program in Newton, Massachusetts, under the leadership of MIT professor Ted Martins, she participated in mathematics workshops held in various African cities from 1963 to 1975.<ref name="UBuffalo"/> Highlights included writing texts and correspondence courses covering basic concepts in mathematics working in concert with leading mathematicians and educators,<ref>{{Citation |last=Croom |first=Fred H. |title=Covering Spaces |date=1978 |work=Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics |pages=83–104 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9475-4_5 |access-date=2025-02-01 |place=New York, NY |publisher=Springer New York |isbn=978-0-387-90288-3}}</ref> such as the book ''Modern Mathematics Handbook for Teachers'' published in 1974.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GRACE ALELE-WILLIAMS: Nigerian Professor and Mathematician |url=https://penglobalinc.com/grace-alele-williams-nigerian-professor-and-mathematician |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=penglobalinc.com |language=en}}</ref> She taught at the University of Lagos from 1965 to 1985, and spent a decade directing the institute of education, which introduced innovative non-degree programmes, with many of the certificate recipients older women working as elementary school teachers.<ref name="AMUCHMA12" /> By serving in various committees and boards, Alele-Williams had made useful contributions in the development of education in Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Williams |first=Grace Alele |date=1973-09-01 |title=Education and Government in Northern Nigeria |url=https://doi.org/10.3917/presa.087.0156 |journal=Présence Africaine |volume=87 |issue=3 |pages=156–177 |doi=10.3917/presa.087.0156 |issn=0032-7638|url-access=subscription }}</ref> She was chairman of the curriculum review committee, former Bendel State 1973–1979.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Grace Alele-Williams|url=https://heelsofinfluence.com/grace-alele-williams/|website=Heels of Influence|language=en-US|access-date=29 May 2020|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030185853/https://heelsofinfluence.com/grace-alele-williams/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Grace awani ALELE-WILLIAMS – Legacy Way|url=https://www.ourlegacyway.com/grace-awani-alele-williams/|last=admin|date=|website=|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128094639/https://www.ourlegacyway.com/grace-awani-alele-williams/|archive-date=28 November 2020|access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref> From 1979 to 1985, she served as chairman of the Lagos State curriculum review committee and Lagos State examinations boards.<ref name="UBuffalo"/>
Alele-Williams was appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Benin in 1985, becoming the first female vice-chancellor of a Nigerian university<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/> and she believes her appointment, which ended in 1992, was "a test case to demonstrate a woman's executive capability".<ref name="AMUCHMA12"/>
Alele-Williams was a force for reform in the Dark Age for Nigeria's higher education in the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oyedibu |first=Enoch |date=2022-04-03 |title=Grace Alele Williams, first Female Vice Chancellor is dead at 89 |url=https://pija.com.ng/just-in-first-female-vice-chancellor-prof-grace-alele-is-dead-at-89/breaking-news/04/2022/ |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=PIJAlance Magazine — Patriot Institute of Journalism and Arts |language=en-GB}}</ref> Then, the activities of secret cults, confraternities and societies had spread within the Nigerian universities, especially in University of Benin.<ref name="auto2"/> She was able to make notable contributions.<ref name="Vanguard20180414" />
After serving as the vice-chancellor of the University of Benin, she joined the board of directors of Chevron-Texaco Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rapheal |date=2022-04-08 |title=Grace Alele-Williams (1932-2022) |url=https://thesun.ng/grace-alele-williams-1932-2022/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2025-02-10 |newspaper=The Sun|language=en}}</ref> She was also on the board of HIP asset management company limited, an asset management company in Lagos, Nigeria.<ref name="MacTutor"/> Alele-Williams was a member of governing council, UNESCO Institute of Education.<ref name="Vanguard20180414"/> She was also a consultant to the UNESCO and Institute of International Education Planning.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Unesco|title=Women in Higher Education Management|url=http://www.unesco.org/education/pdf/24_211.pdf|pages=7|accessdate=13 January 2014|journal=|archive-date=19 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319022817/http://www.unesco.org/education/pdf/24_211.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="UBuffalo"/> For a decade (1963–73), she was a member of the African Mathematics Programme, located in Newton, Massachusetts, United States.<ref name="AMUCHMA12"/> She was vice-president of the World Organisation for Early Childhood Education and later president of the Nigeria chapter,<ref name=":0" /> and the first president of the African Mathematical Union Commission on Women in Mathematics.<ref name="Ouedraogo Presentation">{{Cite speech| last = Ouedraogo| first = Pr Marie Françoise| author-link = Marie Françoise Ouedraogo| title = AWMA: une association au service des femmes mathématiciennes africaines| event = Femmes et Mathematiques: Mathématiciennes africaines| date = 30 May 2015| location = Institut Henri Poincaré| url = https://femmes-et-maths.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AWMA-Paris-30-mai-2015.pdf| language = fr| access-date = 15 January 2021| archive-date = 21 January 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210121040402/https://femmes-et-maths.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AWMA-Paris-30-mai-2015.pdf| url-status = live}}</ref>
She also served ten years (1993–2004) as regional vice-president for Africa of the Third World Organization for Women in Science.<ref name="OWSD">{{cite web |title=Executive Board |url=https://owsd.net/about-owsd/who-we-are/executive-board |website=owsd.net |date=6 February 2015 |publisher=OWSD |access-date=28 March 2022 |archive-date=20 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620040448/https://owsd.net/about-owsd/who-we-are/executive-board |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Personal life and death == Alele-Williams married Babatunde Abraham Williams (1932–2010) in December 1963, not long after returning to Nigeria from the United States.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ajumobi |first=Kemi |date=2022-03-26 |title=In memoriam: Grace Alele-Williams in five quotes |url=https://businessday.ng/news/article/in-memoriam-grace-alele-williams-in-five-quotes/#google_vignette |location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2025-02-01 |newspaper=BusinessDay|language=en-US}}</ref> Williams was a political scientist who, at the time of their marriage, was a senior lecturer at the University of Ife, Osun State.<ref name="MacTutor">{{cite web |last1=O'Connor |first1=J. J. |last2=Robertson |first2=E. F. |title=Grace Alele-Williams – Biography |url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Alele-Williams/ |website=MacTutor History of Mathematics archive |access-date=27 April 2021 |language=en |archive-date=27 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427200950/https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Alele-Williams/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Alele-Williams had five children, and, as of 2017, ten grandchildren.<ref name="nigeriagalleria"/> She died on 25 March 2022 at the age of 89.<ref name="GuardianNG-obit">{{cite news |last1=Egbejule |first1=Michael |title=First female VC, Prof. Grace Alele-Williams, dies at 89 |url=https://guardian.ng/news/first-female-vc-prof-grace-alele-williams-dies-at-89/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=27 March 2022 |date=26 March 2022 |archive-date=27 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327070039/https://guardian.ng/news/first-female-vc-prof-grace-alele-williams-dies-at-89/ |url-status=live |newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Millz |first1=Bayo |date=25 March 2022 |title=Just In: First female VC, Prof Alele-Williams allegedly dies at 89 |url=https://thenewsguru.com/news/just-in-first-female-vc-prof-alele-williams-allegedly-dies-at-89/ |access-date=25 March 2022 |website=TheNewsGuru |language=en-US |archive-date=25 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325183151/https://thenewsguru.com/news/just-in-first-female-vc-prof-alele-williams-allegedly-dies-at-89/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Akintade |first1=Adefemola |date=25 March 2022 |title=Nigeria's first female Vice-Chancellor Grace Alele-Williams is dead |url=https://gazettengr.com/nigerias-first-female-vice-chancellor-grace-alele-williams-is-dead/ |location=Abuja, Nigeria|access-date=25 March 2022 |newspaper=Peoples Gazette|language=en-US |archive-date=25 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325220825/https://gazettengr.com/nigerias-first-female-vice-chancellor-grace-alele-williams-is-dead/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The next day, the University of Benin flew the institution's flag at half-mast to mourn her death.<ref name="Vanguard20220326-Halfmast">{{cite news |title=UNIBEN flies flag at half-mast to mourn Alele-Williams |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/03/uniben-flies-flag-at-half-mast-to-mourn-alele-williams/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=27 March 2022 |date=26 March 2022 |quote=The University of Benin (UNIBEN) on Saturday ordered the flying of the institution’s flag at half-mast to mourn the death of the first female vice-chancellor in Nigeria, Prof. Grace Alele-Williams. Alele-Williams, who was appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Benin in 1985 died on Friday in Lagos at the age of 89 years. ... Prof. Alele-Williams, Nigeria’s first female professor of Mathematics Education was born on Dec. 16, 1932 in Delta to an Itsekiri mother and Owan father from Sobe, Edo. |archive-date=26 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326193915/https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/03/uniben-flies-flag-at-half-mast-to-mourn-alele-williams/ |url-status=live |newspaper=Vanguard}}</ref><ref name="Vanguard20220327">{{cite news |last1=Ahon |first1=Festus |last2=Ojiego |first2=Nnamdi |last3=Aliu |first3=Ozioruva |title=ALELE – WILLIAMS: More tributes as Okowa, Obaseki mourn |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/03/alele-williams-more-tributes-as-okowa-obaseki-mourn/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=27 March 2022 |date=27 March 2022 |quote=the UNIBEN have ordered that the institution's flag be mounted at half-mast to mourn the death of the late professor. Alele-Williams, who passed on Friday evening in Lagos at the age of 89 years, was born in Warri, Delta State. |archive-date=27 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327021846/https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/03/alele-williams-more-tributes-as-okowa-obaseki-mourn/ |url-status=live |newspaper=Vanguard}}</ref>
== Awards == Alele-Williams received several awards and honours. She received the Order of the Niger in 1987, and was elected a Fellow of the Mathematical Association of Nigeria and a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Education.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 December 2021 |title=Buhari felicitates first woman Nigerian Professor, Alele-Willaims, at 89 |url=https://thenationonlineng.net/buhari-felicitates-first-woman-nigerian-professor-alele-willaims-at-89/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=7 March 2022 |newspaper=The Nation|language=en-US |archive-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307113920/https://thenationonlineng.net/buhari-felicitates-first-woman-nigerian-professor-alele-willaims-at-89/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 28 February 2014, she was one of 100 people to receive the Centenary Award, "a special recognition of unique contributions of Nigerians to the socio-cultural, economic and political development of the country in the last 100 years".<ref>{{Cite news |title=100 Nigerians get Centenary Awards Friday (tonight) [Full List] |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/155979-100-nigerians-get-centenary-awards-friday-tonight-full-list.html |newspaper=Premium Times|access-date=27 March 2022 |date=28 February 2014 |quote=The full list of the awardees, including those who have rejected the honour is reproduced below along with the categories: ... C. PIONEERS IN PROFESSIONAL CALLINGS/CAREERS ... 30. Professor Grace Alele-Williams |archive-date=27 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327165533/https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/155979-100-nigerians-get-centenary-awards-friday-tonight-full-list.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Akpan |first1=Mike |title=Demeaning Centenary Awards |journal=Realnews Magazine |date=24 March 2014 |url=https://realnewsmagazine.net/news/3079-Demeaning-Centenary-Awards |access-date=27 March 2022 |language=en |archive-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117101133/https://realnewsmagazine.net/news/3079-Demeaning-Centenary-Awards |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Grace Alele Williams receives deafening ovation|website=Encomium Magazine|url=http://encomium.ng/grace-alele-williams-receives-deafening-ovation/|date=28 February 2014|access-date=27 April 2021|language=en-US|archive-date=27 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427200955/http://encomium.ng/grace-alele-williams-receives-deafening-ovation/|url-status=live}}</ref>
She is included in a deck of playing cards featuring notable women mathematicians published by the Association of Women in Mathematics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mathematicians of EvenQuads Deck 1 |url=https://awm-math.org/publications/playing-cards/deck1/#agnesi |url-status=live |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=awm-math.org |archive-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619004306/https://awm-math.org/publications/playing-cards/deck1/#alelewilliams }}</ref>
== Publications ==
* "Dynamics of Curriculum Change in Mathematics" – Lagos State Modern Mathematics Project<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Williams|first=Grace Alele|date=1974|title=Dynamics of Curriculum Change in Mathematics—Lagos State Modern Mathematics Project|url=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ112796|journal=West African Journal of Education|language=en|access-date=9 May 2019|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507115838/https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ112796|url-status=live}}</ref> * "Education of Women for National Development"<ref>{{Cite web|last=Alele-Williams|first=G.|date=1986|title=Education of Women for National Development|url=https://www.africabib.org/rec.php?RID=W00065173|journal=|access-date=9 May 2019|archive-date=19 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319131625/https://www.africabib.org/rec.php?RID=W00065173|url-status=live}}</ref> * "Report: The Entebbe Mathematics Project"<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Williams|first=Grace Alele|date=1 June 1971|title=Report: The Entebbe mathematics project|journal=International Review of Education|language=en|volume=17|issue=2|pages=210–214|doi=10.1007/BF01421114|issn=1573-0638|bibcode=1971IREdu..17..210W|s2cid=144062711}}</ref> * "The development of a modern mathematics curriculum in Africa"<ref>{{Cite journal|last=WILLIAMS|first=GRACE A. ALELE|date=1976|title=The development of a modern mathematics curriculum in Africa|journal=The Arithmetic Teacher|volume=23|issue=4|pages=254–261|doi=10.5951/AT.23.4.0254|issn=0004-136X|jstor=41188955}}</ref> * "Education and Government in Northern Nigeria"<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Williams |first1=Grace Alele |title=Education and Government in Northern Nigeria |journal=Présence Africaine |date=1973 |volume=87 |issue=3 |pages=156–177 |doi=10.3917/presa.087.0156}}. In: {{cite book |last1=Lema |first1=Anza A |last2=Williams |first2=Grace Alele |last3=Simiyu |first3=Vincent G. |title=Presence Africaine. Revue Culturelle du Monde Noir / Cultural Review of the Negro World. Nouvelle Serie Bilingual / New Bilingual Series. No. 87, 3e Trimestre / 3rd Quarterly, 1973 |date=1973 |url=https://www.presenceafricaine.com/revue-culturelle-monde-noir/890-revue-presence-africaine-n-87-327638.html |access-date=27 March 2022 |language=en |archive-date=16 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416183642/https://www.presenceafricaine.com/revue-culturelle-monde-noir/890-revue-presence-africaine-n-87-327638.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * "Education and Status of Nigerian Women"<ref>In ''Nigerian women and development'' (1988), edited by Ogunṣhẹyẹ, F. Adetowun; Domenico, Catherine D.; Dennis, Carolyne; Awosika, Keziah; Akinkoye, Olu. Ibadan, Nigeria: Ibadan University Press. {{ISBN|9789781212192}}, pages 171–179</ref> * "Major Constraints to Women's Access to Higher Education in Africa"<ref>{{Cite book|last=Alele-Williams|first=G.|contribution=Major Constraints to Women's Access to Higher Education|contribution-url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000094115|title= Higher Education in Africa: Trends and Challenges for the 21st Century |publisher=UNESCO|year=1992|language=en|pages=71–76}}</ref> * "The Politics of Administering a Nigerian University"<ref>{{Cite web|title=Celebrating Prof Grace Alele Williams, Nigeria's first female Vice Chancellor|url=https://www.thedaily-ng.com/celebrating-prof-grace-alele-williams-nigerias-first-female-vice-chancellor/|access-date=23 January 2021|website=TheDailyNG|date=11 February 2020|language=en-US|archive-date=31 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131000443/https://www.thedaily-ng.com/celebrating-prof-grace-alele-williams-nigerias-first-female-vice-chancellor/|url-status=live}}</ref> * "The Political Dilemma of Popular Education: An African Case"<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chukunta|first=N. K. Onuoha|date=1978|title=Education and National Integration in Africa: A Case Study of Nigeria|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/523662|journal=African Studies Review|volume=21|issue=2|pages=67–76|doi=10.2307/523662|jstor=523662|s2cid=143632871|issn=0002-0206|access-date=23 January 2021|archive-date=30 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130040347/https://www.jstor.org/stable/523662|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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