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The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) was founded by Mary McLeod Bethune and others, in Watson's home. [4] [5] Watson also served on advisory boards for the New York Port Authority, the YWCA, the NAACP, and the National Union League. [6] During World War II, she was active with civil defense programs in Harlem. [7]
The JFW neutralized more Afro-centric feminism in Jamaica. It attracted a large membership, including poor rural women: [3] by 1948 there were 30,000 members. After Lady Huggins left in 1950, local leadership took over. [1] Papers relating to the JFW's history are held at the National Library of Jamaica. [3]
Jamaica Federation of Women; W. Women's Social Service Association This page was last edited on 16 July 2023, at 08:17 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in North America (a separate list is devoted to the United States). It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are the first women in their country to achieve a certain distinction such as graduating from law school. KEY
National Council of Women may refer to: National Council of Women of Australia. National Council of Women of Queensland; National Council of Women of Canada; National Council of Women (Chile) National Council of Women of Great Britain; National Council of Women in India; National Council of Women of Kenya; National Council of Women of New Zealand
National Blood Transfusion Service Jamaica; National Family Planning Board; National Council on Drug Abuse Councils of the Ministry of Health. Medical Council of Jamaica; Nursing Council of Jamaica; Dental Council of Jamaica; Pharmacy Council of Jamaica; Council of Professions Supplementary to Medicine; Ministry of Industry, Commerce ...
Portia Simpson-Miller is Jamaica's first woman prime minister (2006-2007) and (2011-2016). Women in Jamaica gained the right to vote in 1919, but that right was subject to property and income requirements. [3] By 1917 there was a branch of the Women's Citizens League was established. [4] The country was granted full adult suffrage on November ...
History of women in Jamaica (4 C, 4 P) J. Jamaican women (6 C, 2 P) M. Miss Jamaica World winners (8 P) O. Women's organizations based in Jamaica (2 P) S.