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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]
In 1997, she helped organize an international tribunal in Haiti dealing with violence against women. Marcelin appeared in the films Haiti in all our dreams and Anita. She was the godparent of the daughter of former Canadian Governor General Michaëlle Jean. Marcelin died at the age of 47 at Port-au-Prince in the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
As Haiti's international representative, she participated in the 1991 meeting of the Organization of American States and gave a speech to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. [7] [8] During her tenure, Jean-Louis engaged in a diplomatic dispute with the Dominican Republic following the deportation of over 100 Haitians from the country.
This is a list of notable Haitian people. It includes people who were born in Haiti or possess Haitian citizenship, who are notable in Haiti and abroad. Due to Haitian nationality laws, dual citizenship is now permitted by the Constitution of Haiti, therefore people of Haitian ancestry born outside of the country are not included in this list, unless they have renounced their foreign ...
Haiti Rapes, Lyn Duff, Pacific News Service, Haiti Action Net, 10 March 2005; Walking on Fire: Haitian Women's Stories of Survival and Resistance, Beverly Bell. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 2001; Gender and Politics in Contemporary Haiti: The Duvalierist State, Transnationalism, and the Emergence of a New Feminism (1980–1990), Carolle Charles ...
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.
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Haitian This category exists only as a container for other categories of Haitian women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
During her tenure, Martine Moïse served as president of the Fondasyon Klere Ayiti, a community development organization focused on civic education and women's issues. [4] In October 2017, she became president of coordination for Global Fund in Haiti, which aims to alleviate HIV/AIDS , malaria , and other public health diseases in Haiti. [ 4 ]