Despite recent advances in women education in Africa, pervasive barriers such as constraints of culture, financial cost, early marriage, early pregnancy, poverty, gender norms, traditional practices and attitudes amongst others are militating against women’s involvement in formal education. Adopting the historical method of narrative and analysis, and interrogating available secondary sources on the subject, this study examines the trajectory history and impact of women’s education in post-colonial Lagos. In what ways have women been sidelined educationally? Is it right to suggest that the indigenous system of African culture imped women educational development in Lagos? Is it safe to conclude that the advent of formal education in Lagos favoured the women? Did women occupy prominent positions due to their educational attainments? What was the new status of women prior to the acquisition of education? How do men treat women on the basis of educational attainment? These and other issues are interrogated in this paper. The paper further submits the dynamism and significance of the women’s education in the process of national development. It adds a new perspective to the understanding of the place and role of women’s education in urban Lagos through historical scholarship.