This article examines the proclamation of the Colonial Office that there was “No Place for a White Woman in British West Africa.” Until now, colonial literature had focused mostly on British colonisati on in Africa to the exclusion of the imperial policy on White women. The paper argues that the rejection of White women in colonial Nigeria in particular, and British West Africa in general cannot be divorced from gender inequality, culture, and sex, as well as the chronic shortage of housing contrary to the propaganda of the Colonial Office that the policy was to safeguard colonial servicemen against women’s interference and encumbrances. This study identifies among other things that the colonial authorities underestimated the role and influence of women in the gendered space, hence, the conflict and contradictions in the policy. Using primary and secondary sources of data, government and official publications to substantiate its claim, this paper revealed that women’s exclusion in British West Africa was caused by poor quality housing and infrastructure as opposed to the conception of gender inequality. It establishes that the policy reversal was caused by systemic and institutional failure, poor quality food, and desertion of troops. The paper concludes that the place of women in society is sacrosanct because of their multiple roles.