“Very few women of the third world can claim to have marked the history of the United Nations like...
Author - Gloria Royale-Davis
Madge Dorita Sinclair, CD (1938 – 1995) – Saluting...
Madge Dorita Sinclair was a teacher and a very good one, who excelled in speech and drama. She even...
Dr. Cecily Williams – Saluting 60 Jamaican Women
From she was a little girl, Cecily Williams wanted to be a doctor. Badly. But that was long before...
Diane Abbott – Saluting 60 Jamaican Women (Heritage)
Diane Abbott was born in England, of Jamaican parents. Her mother was a nurse and her father a...
Rachel Manley – Saluting 60 Jamaican Women
Rachel Manley, daughter of a Prime Minister, granddaughter of a Premier and founder of a political...
Hazel Monteith, OD (1917-2012) – Saluting 60 Jamaican Women
A child of the parish of Westmoreland, Hazel Monteith graduated from the Mannings High school...
Khadija ’Bunny’ Shaw – Saluting 60 Jamaican Women
Six feet tall is an impressive height for a girl, but not as impressive as the trail Khadija...
Syringa Marshall-Burnet (1935-2014) – Saluting 60 Jamaican...
As a little girl from the parish of St. Mary in north-western Jamaica, Syringa Marshall-Burnet...
Mavis Chin (1931-2022) – Saluting 60 Jamaican Women
From the little village of Tweedside in the parish of Clarendon, Mavis Chin, a little girl with a...
Wyvolyn Gager – Saluting 60 Jamaican Women
“Oh, it’s the best job in the world.” – Wyvolyn Gager The teenager from Trelawny knew she had...