Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Caribbean

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.

This is a Missing Articles worklist for Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red for women from the Caribbean It includes women from various endeavors who live or have lived in the Caribbean. The articles on this list must satisfy Wikipedia's Wikipedia:Notability (academics) criteria; people on these lists may or may not qualify.

• NOTE This link to the University of the West Indies databases has [1] links to Caribbean newspaper clippings and other documentation which may be helpful.

Independent countries

Antigua & Barbuda

• Zahra Airall writer, women's rights activist, film maker/playwright [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9]
• Anne Hart Gilbert (1768–1834), Methodist writer, school founder, abolitionist [10], [11], [12], [13],[14], [15]

Not sure if she and her sister Elizabeth below should be written together as the Hart Sisters, or separately. I lean to separately, as they were each notable in their own rights, but sources cover them together almost always.

• Joanne C. Hillhouse, novelist [16] [17]
• Elizabeth Hart Thwaites (1771–1833), Methodist writer, school founder, abolitionist [18], [19], [20], [21],[22], [23]
• Sislyn Peters, writer [24], [25], [26]

Bahamas

• Sandra Dean-Patterson women's rights activist, disability activist [27], [28], [29], [30], [31]
• Keisha Lynne Ellis, Bahamian writer and spoken word performer
• Theresa Mortimer, trade unionist [32], [33], [34]
• Judy Munroe Business pioneer, women's rights activist, first female chair of the Chamber of Commerce [35], [36], [37]

Barbados

• Carol Roberts, (aka Carol Roberts-Reifer), [38],[39], [40], [41], [42]

Belize

• Bernice Hulse (1912-2002) first woman doctor in Belize, worked to eradicate tuberculosis [43], [44], [45], [46], [47]

Bermuda

• Katura Horton-Perinchief first black Olympic diver from Bermuda, sport activist [48], [49], [50], [51], [52], [53]
• Melyssa James, ice dancer [54], [55], [56], [57]

Cuba

• Odette Alonso, (es), writer
• Concepción Teresa Alzola, (es), writer
• Lucrecia Artalejo, (es), writer
• Aida Bahr, (es), writer
• Eliana Cárdenas, (1951–2010), [58] architect
• María Margarita Egaña Fernández, (1921–1975), [59] architect
• Aurelia Castillo de González, (es), writer
• 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 [60]
• Chely Lima, (es), writer
• Beatriz Maggi, (es), writer
• Mercedes Matamoros [61], [62], writer
• Laura Mestre Hevia, (es), writer
• Marlein Miranda Cona Development of radiopharmaceuticals to detect and treat malignant tumors
• María Amparo Pascual López, pharmacologist, medical doctor, clinical trial expert, named one of the top 10 scientists in Latin America by the BBC [63] [64], [65]
• Gina Picart, (es), writer
• Graziella Pogolotti, (es), writer
• Ena Lucía Portela, (es), writer
• Mariana Lidia Torres Pérez, (es), writer
• Diamela del Pozo

Dominica

• Doreen Paul, leader
• Justina Charles, leader

Dominican Republic

• Rafaela Alburquerque (born 19 September 1947): First women to served as President (Chair) of the Chamber of Deputies (House of Representatives) of the Dominican Republic (1999–2003). As deputy, she represented the province of San Pedro de Macorís from 1986 to 1994 (elected in 1986, re-elected in 1990), and from 1998 to 2006 (re-elected in 1998 and 2002). As a diplomat, she has served as Consul General of the DR in Hamburg, Germany (1994–97), in Antwerp, Belgium (1997–98), and is currently serving as Dominican Republic Ambassador to the Republic of China (Taiwan) since May 2011.
• Gloria Moya de Jiménez, 1930 member of the Inter-American Commission of Women

Grenada

• Margaret Neckles, politician [66], [67], [68], [69]
• Marcelle Gairy, politician, political figure [70], [71], [72], [73], [74], [75], [76],

Haiti

• Marleine Bastien [77], leader
• Rachel Beauvoir-Dominique Writer - [78] [79][80] (Need better sources, maybe books)
• Fernande Bellegarde, feminist
• Marie Corvington, feminist
• Esther Dartigue, feminist
• Dowoti Désir -- Writer, Sources: [81] [82] [83] [84]
• Nadja Fidelia, [85], [86] businessperson
• Stephanie Gagerie, leader
• Olga Gordon, feminist
• Thérèse Hudicourt, feminist
• Georgette Justin, feminist
• Ligue Féminine d'Action Sociale
• Eugéne Malbranche-Sylvain, feminist
• Alice Mathon, leader
• Jocelyn McCalla, leader
• Odette Mennesson-Rigaud, writer
• Marie Yanick Mézile, businesswoman Inter-American Commission of Women businessperson
• Claudine Michel [87] [88]
• Rosemonde Pierre-Louis [89], leader
• Marie-Thérèse Poitevien, feminist
• Maud Turian, feminist
• Katia Ulysse Writer, Sources:[90][91][92]
• Marie-Yves Montima, first woman pilot in Haiti, [93]

Jamaica

• Paulette Bellamy Jamaican classical musician [94], [95]
• Jacqueline Bishop is a Jamaican poet.
• Marcia Douglas is a Jamaican/American poet and author.[96] [97]
• Millicent A. Graham (born 1974) is a Jamaican poet.
• Imogene 'Queenie' Kennedy (c1920s-1998) notable Kumina Queen [98] [99] [100]
• Heather Royes / Heather H. Royes is a Jamaican poet. VIAF=67938771|LCCN=n/86/617
• Bishop Delrose Lucille Walters aka Bishop Del, founding bishop of the Kingston City Mission.

St. Kitts & Nevis

• Jacqueline Armony teacher, ecologist [101], [102], [103]
• Marjorie Morton politician [104], [105], [106], [107], [108]

St. Lucia

• Melania Daniel (born 1962) is a St. Lucian poet
• Sassy Ross is a St. Lucian poet. VIAF=41502634 |LCCN=no/2002/13263
• Hazel Simmons-McDonald (born 1947) is a St. Lucian poet. VIAF=56452123 |LCCN=nr/00/37298
• Patricia Turnbull (born 1952) was a St. Lucian poet. VIAF=65757021 |LCCN=n/97/57504

St. Vincent & Grenadines

• Valcina Ash the first Vincentian-born woman elected to Parliament [109], [110], [111], [112]
• Peggy Carr (born 1955) is a poet from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, [113], [114], page 7
• Ivy Joshua (born 1924) first woman elected to the Legislature [115], [116], [117], p 218, [118], p 520 in French

Trinidad & Tobago

• Valerie Belgrave is a Trinidadian artist and writer.
• Cynthia James (born 1948) is a Trinidadian poet. VIAF=10146825|LCCN=n/94/23180|BNF=15124276
• Rahanna Alicia Juman Environment [119]
• Marina Ama Omowale Maxwell, Trinidadian novelist and dramatist
• Kimberley McCleod, founder and editor in chief of Elixher Magazine, [120]
• Judy Miles (born 1942) is a poet from Trinidad & Tobago
• Gema Ramkeesoon, anti-child marriage, girls’ education [121], [122], [123], [124], [125]
• Jacqueline Sharpe (activist), International Planned Parenthood Federation]
• Wendy Yawching pilot, [126], [127], [128]

Dutch Caribbean

Aruba

• Jeannette Richardson-Baars Director of the Aruba Police Academy, anti trafficking activist [129], useable photo, [130], [131], [132]
• Boyoura Martijn - beauty queen
• Chris Comvalius - actor
• Christina Trejo - beauty queen
• Xiomara Ruiz-Maduro - finance minister
• Maria Diijkhoff-Pita - Director Economic Development
• Viola Heutger - Rector of the University of Aruba

Bonaire

• Dee Scarr, diver, writer [133]. [134], [135], [136], [137]
• Lydia Emerencia - stub
• Desiree Coffie, politician
• Nina Den Heyer, politician
• Marugia Janga, politician

Curaçao

• Rebecca Cohen Henriquez, (1864-1935) first Curaçaoan woman knighted by the Queen of the Netherlands, Sephardic Jewish founder of Club Entre Nous [138], [139], [140]
• Tania Kross (born 1976) Curaçaoan opera singer [141], [142], [143], [144]

Sint Maarten

• Gracita Arrindell (born 1956) First president of the Parliament of Sint Maarten, women's rights activist page 4, [145], [146], [147], [148], [149], [150]

Sint Eustasius

• Alida Francis - Government Commissioner - needs infobox, etc.
• Claudia Toet - Deputy Government Commissioner

Saba

• Atthelo Maude Edwards - introduced electricity to Saba with Saba Electric Company
• Gertrude Johnson (teacher) - teacher, honoured with a stamp (there is another Gertrude Johnson, also a teacher, see Gertrude I. Johnson)
• Barbara Kassab-Every - artist
• Rebecca Levenstone - left oral histories which have been studied

British Overseas Territories

Anguilla

• Cora Richardson Hodge - politician
• Quincia Gumbs-Marie - politician
• Kimberly Fleming - politician
• Glenneva Hodge - politician
• Aunika Webster-Lake - politician
• Merlin Marvo Duncan-Webster - politician

Bermuda

• Minister of Health and Social Affairs – Gloria Juanita McPhee – 1968
• Patricia Gordon-Pamplin - Minister of Home Affairs

British Virgin Islands

• Attorney General – Paula F. Beaubrun – 1971
• Sharie De Castro - article needs updating with political achievements
• Shereen Flax-Charles - Junior Minster for Tourism
• Sandra ward - Cabinet Secretary

Cayman Islands

• Islay Conolly first recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Education, (wife of William Warren Conolly, [151], [152], [153], [154], [155], [156]
• Margaret Leshikar-Denton, underwater archaeologist, curator [157], [158], [159]
• Olive Wright Miller, (born 1921) journalist, philanthropist, women's rights activist [160], [161], [162], [163]

Montserrat

• Elizabeth Wyke (1923-1994) district nurse [164], page 26
• Veronica Dorsette-Hector - Minister of Education, Health & Community

Turks & Caicos

• Ruth Blackman - MP for South Caicos

French Overseas Territories

Guadeloupe

• Gerty Dambury, (born 1957) playwright, director, novelist, and poet [165] [166]
• L’Association des Cuisinières de Guadeloupe - association of women chefs, founded 1916 1
• Yasmina Victor-Bihary - journalist and writer 1
• Florencia Chimard - academic (WD)
• Sonia Petro - politician (WD)
• Christelle Nanor - politician (WD)

Martinique

• Suzanne Césaire-Roussi - political activist 1
• Anny-Dominique Curtius - writer 1
• Suzanne Dracius - playwright 1
• Union des femmes Martiniquaises - feminist organisation founded 1914 1
• Jenny Dulys - politician 1 2
• Marie-Thérèse Casimirius - politician 1
• Aurélie Nella - politician 1
• Catherine Conconne - first Senator 1
• Jane Apolinaire Léro - trade unionist 1
• Manon Tardon - Resistance leader 1
• George Arnauld (activist) - activist 1
• Marijosé Alie - journalist 1
• Béatrice Bellay - politician contesting 2021 election
• Jeanne Catayée - resistance fighter 1

Saint Barthélemy

• Marie-Hélène Bernier - politician 1
• Bettina Cointre - politician 1

Saint Martin

• Dona Bryhiel artist [167], lots of press clippings in French, [168], [169], [170], [171]
• Daniella Jeffry-Pilot (born 1941) educator and author [172], [173], [174], [175]
• Jeanne Rogers Vanterpool - politician 1

U.S. Overseas Territories

Puerto Rico

• Rosarito Martinez (aka Lucía Martínez Colón) biologist and 1st Puerto Rican woman to compete in the Olympics as a sailor. List of World Championships medalists in sailing (multihull classes) page 66 in Spanish, [176], [177], [178], [179], page 4 in Spanish, [180], [181], [182], [183]
• Nadjah Ríos Villarini, anthropologist studying cultural transference in the Caribbean [184], [185], [186], [187]

U.S. Virgin Islands

• Lorraine Berry (1949-2010) politician [188], [189], [190], [191], [192]
• Edith L. Bornn List of first female lawyers by country (1922-2010) [193], [194], [195], [196]
• Ulla F. Muller (1915-2013) educator [197], [198] page 17
• Myrah Keating Smith (1908-1994) nurse [199], [200]