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WiR redlist index: Caribbean

Welcome to WikiProject Women in Red (WiR). Our objective is to turn red links into blue ones. Our scope is women's biographies, women's works, and women's issues, broadly construed.

This list of red links is intended to serve as a basis for creating new articles on the English Wikipedia. Please note however that the red links on this list may well not be suitable as the basis for an article. All new articles must satisfy Wikipedia's notability criteria with reliable independent sources.

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  • NOTE This link to the University of the West Indies databases has links to Caribbean newspaper clippings and other documentation which may be helpful.

Independent countries

Antigua & Barbuda

  • Sislyn Peters, writer , ,

Bahamas

  • Theresa Mortimer, trade unionist , ,
  • Judy Munroe Business pioneer, women's rights activist, first female chair of the Chamber of Commerce , ,

Barbados

  • Carol Roberts, (aka Carol Roberts-Reifer), ,, , ,

Belize

  • Bernice Hulse (1912-2002) first woman doctor in Belize, worked to eradicate tuberculosis , , , ,

Bermuda

  • Melyssa James, ice dancer , , ,

Cuba

  • Concepción Teresa Alzola, (es), writer
  • Lucrecia Artalejo, (es), writer
  • Aida Bahr, (es), writer
  • Eliana Cárdenas, (1951–2010), architect
  • María Elena Cruz Varela, (es), writer
  • Sonia Díaz Corrales, (es), writer
  • Olga Fernández, (es), writer
  • Las Hermanas Márquez, Cuban sibling musical trio, recipients of the 2010 Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards
  • Mercedes Matamoros [es] , , writer
  • Marlein Miranda Cona Development of radiopharmaceuticals to detect and treat malignant tumors
  • Gina Picart, (es), writer
  • Graziella Pogolotti, (es), writer
  • Mariana Lidia Torres Pérez, (es), writer

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

  • Marcelle Gairy, politician, political figure , , , , , , ,

Haiti

  • Marleine Bastien , leader
  • Fernande Bellegarde, feminist
  • Marie Corvington, feminist
  • Esther Dartigue, feminist
  • Dowoti Désir -- Writer, Sources:
  • Nadja Fidelia, , businessperson
  • Stephanie Gagerie, leader
  • Olga Gordon, feminist
  • Thérèse Hudicourt, feminist
  • Georgette Justin, feminist
  • Eugéne Malbranche-Sylvain, feminist
  • Alice Mathon, leader
  • Jocelyn McCalla, leader
  • Odette Mennesson-Rigaud, writer
  • Marie Yanick Mézile, businesswoman Inter-American Commission of Women businessperson
  • Rosemonde Pierre-Louis , leader
  • Marie-Thérèse Poitevien, feminist
  • Maud Turian, feminist
  • Katia Ulysse Writer, Sources:
  • Marie-Yves Montima, first woman pilot in Haiti,

Jamaica

  • Paulette Bellamy Jamaican classical musician ,
  • Millicent A. Graham (born 1974) is a Jamaican poet.
  • Imogene 'Queenie' Kennedy (c1920s-1998) notable Kumina Queen
  • Bishop Delrose Lucille Walters aka Bishop Del, founding bishop of the Kingston City Mission.

St. Kitts & Nevis

  • Jacqueline Armony teacher, ecologist , ,
  • Marjorie Morton politician , , , ,

St. Lucia

  • Melania Daniel (born 1962) is a St. Lucian poet

St. Vincent & Grenadines

  • Your redlink here

Trinidad & Tobago

  • Kimberley McCleod, founder and editor in chief of Elixher Magazine,
  • Judy Miles (born 1942) is a poet from Trinidad & Tobago
  • Jacqueline Sharpe (activist), International Planned Parenthood Federation]
  • Wendy Yawching pilot, , ,

Dutch Caribbean

Aruba

Bonaire

Curaçao

  • Your redlink here

Sint Maarten

  • Your redlink here

Sint Eustasius

  • Your redlink here

Saba

British Overseas Territories

Anguilla

Bermuda

British Virgin Islands

Cayman Islands

  • Your redlink here

Montserrat

  • Elizabeth Wyke (1923-1994) district nurse , page 26

Turks & Caicos

  • Your redlink here

French Overseas Territories

Guadeloupe

  • L’Association des Cuisinières de Guadeloupe - association of women chefs, founded 1916 1
  • Yasmina Victor-Bihary - journalist and writer 1
  • Florencia Chimard - academic (WD)
  • Christelle Nanor - politician (WD)

Martinique

  • Anny-Dominique Curtius - writer 1
  • Union des femmes Martiniquaises - feminist organisation founded 1914 1
  • Jenny Dulys - politician 1 2
  • Marie-Thérèse Casimirius - politician 1
  • Aurélie Nella - politician 1
  • Jane Apolinaire Léro - trade unionist 1
  • George Arnauld (activist) - activist 1
  • Marijosé Alie - journalist 1
  • Jeanne Catayée - resistance fighter 1

Saint Barthélemy

  • Marie-Hélène Bernier - politician 1

Saint Martin

U.S. Overseas Territories

Puerto Rico

U.S. Virgin Islands

  • Ulla F. Muller (1915-2013) educator , page 17

References

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