| LC control no. | n 84038739 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Charles, Mary Eugenia |
| Variant(s) | Charles, Eugenia |
| Associated country | Dominica |
| Birth date | 1919-05-15 |
| Death date | 2005-09-06 |
| Place of death | Roseau (Dominica) |
| Affiliation | University of Toronto Dominica Freedom Party O.E.C.S. (Organization) Caribbean Community |
| Profession or occupation | Prime ministers Lawyers Politicians |
| Found in | Her Independence Day message 3rd November 1983, 1983: title page(Prime Minister Mary Eugenia Charles [Dominica, West Indies]) Eugenia, 1993: page 3 (Eugenia Charles) page 25 (Mary Eugenia, b. 15 May 1919) cover page 4 (knighted by the Queen in 1991) WW 1994 (Charles, Hon. (Mary) Eugenia; prime minister and minister of finance, Commonwealth of Dominica, since 1980; b. 15 May 1919) Wikipedia WWW site, Sept. 8, 2005 (Dame (Mary) Eugenia Charles, DBE; b. May 15, 1919, Pointe Michel, Dominica; d. Sept. 6, 2005, Fort-de-France, Martinique; prime minister of Dominica, July 21, 1980-June 14, 1995) Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed January 16, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Charles, Mary Eugenia; Prime Minister, lawyer, politician; born 15 May 1919 in Pointe Michel, Dominica. She earned her law degree from University of Toronto (1946), and was the first female lawyer of Dominica island (1949). She founded Dominica Freedom Party (1968) and became prime minister of Dominica (1980-1995). She was also chairperson of Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (1983), and was included in a group sent by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) mission to Haiti (2002). She was awarded the Order of the Caribbean Community (2003). Known as 'The Iron Lady of the Caribbean', she died 06 September 2005 in Roseau, Dominica) |
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