The issues of human right violation with regard to the dehumanizing treatment most women receive at the death of their husband mostly in Nigeria have raised a lot of discussion lately. In contribution to the topic, this study aimed to examine the effect of education and family socioeconomic status on widowhood practice in south eastern Nigeria. The study adopted quantitative research design and data for the study was gathered using a structured questionnaire distributed to widows in the five states that made up the South East geopolitical zone. Using both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics such as frequency tables, percentages and analysis of variance, the result of the analysis indicated that there was a significant relationship between education, family socioeconomic status and the practice of widowhood in the area. The study recommended that the government should provide avenues for adequate education for women.