Matilda Walker (nee Sargeant) was born in the small village of Carrington, St. Philip. The oldest of five children, “Dootsie” was entrusted with the responsibility of caring for her younger siblings. Matilda began her working career as a teenager being...
Iona Gaskin was born in Lower Burney, St. Michael and worked as a shop assistant and laundry worker along with working as a domestic. She emigrated to Canada, where she was an active supporter of the Caribbean Associations there. She now resides in Rural Cot, Mapp...
Edna Elise Waithe was born on June 26th 1916 to John Griffith and Clarice Ifill in Checker Hall, St. Lucy. At an early age, she moved to Bridgetown to live with one of her aunts. Edna grew to love “city life” and spent most of her adult life living in Belfield,...
Desdemona Delphine Gibson (nee Dorant) or “Aunt Del” was born in the parish of St. George and was the third child of Thomas and Rosalie Dorant. She grew up in St. Helen’s, with her three sisters and two brothers and was educated at St. Augustine’s Girls’...
Cyrillisa Brewster lived in Greens, St. George. From the early 1900’s, Ms. Brewster was a homemaker and a small farmer. She made a living from growing sugar cane, ground provisions, vegetables, livestock and poultry on the one acre of land where she...
