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Alice Garoute (1874 – 30 October 1950) was a Haitian suffragist and advocate for women's rights in Haiti, including those of rural women.On her deathbed in 1950, Alice Garoute asked that flowers be placed on her grave the day Haitian women would finally be able to vote. [1]
Grace Dyer Taylor (31 July 1859 – 23 August 1867) was the eldest surviving daughter of James Hudson Taylor and Maria Jane Dyer, Christian missionaries to China.The event of her death of meningitis at the age of eight near Hangzhou has been cited by mission historians such as Ruth Tucker, Roger Steer, and John Pollock as being a turning point in the history of the China Inland Mission.
Lamartinière is depicted in Charles Moravia's 1908 play La Crête-à-Pierrot. [14] She was printed on a 100-gourde coin and a 1954 postage stamp. [15]For the 1967 revision of his play Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History, C. L. R. James loosely based the character Marie-Jeanne around Lamartinière.
Grace Stott born Grace Cigie (12 March 1845 – 24 January 1922) was a British Protestant missionary in China. She went to China after a marriage proposal arrived in the post. She went to China after a marriage proposal arrived in the post.
In 1997, she helped organize an international tribunal in Haiti dealing with violence against women. [1] [3] [2] Marcelin appeared in the films Haiti in all our dreams and Anita. [3] She was the godparent of the daughter of former Canadian Governor General Michaëlle Jean. [4] Marcelin died at the age of 47 at Port-au-Prince in the 2010 Haiti ...
In 1936, the Haitian government recognized Holly for his five decades of work for Haiti 25 years after his death, and awarded him its highest honor, Commander in the National Order of Honor and Merit. [5] The aftermath of the 2010 Haitian earthquake postponed plans to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his death.
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Yvonne Sylvain (June 28, 1907 – October 3, 1989) [1] was a Haitian physician who was the first female medical doctor from the country. [2] She was also the first woman accepted into the University of Haiti Medical School, and earned her medical degree in 1940.