{"id":194,"date":"2010-08-19T14:53:38","date_gmt":"2010-08-19T13:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/their-excellencies\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T10:02:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T14:02:14","slug":"their-excellencies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/search-tools\/special-collections\/their-excellencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Their Excellencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div class=\"container-fluid p-0\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h2>Special Collections: Their Excellencies<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a name=\"dame_nita\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dame Nita Barrow\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/images\/People\/Dame_Nita.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 250px;\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<h2><span style=\"color: rgb(52, 103, 52);\"><strong>Dame Ruth Nita Barrow<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGCMG, DA<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1916 &#8211; 1995<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDame Nita, Barbados\u2019 first and only female Governor General (1990-95), was a champion of social justice.&nbsp;She made a lifelong commitment to secure a better quality of life for all.&nbsp;A leader on many fronts, she was able to impact regional and international decision-making policies in areas such as Adult Education, Women and Development and Health Care.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a name=\"dame_mary_eugenia\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dame Mary Eugenia Charles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/images\/People\/Dame_Mary.jpg\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<h2><span style=\"color: rgb(52, 103, 52);\"><strong>Dame Mary Eugenia Charles<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tD.B.E<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1919 &#8211; 2005<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDame Eugenia, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica (1980-95) is also distinguished as the first Caribbean female Head of Government. Dubbed, the \u201cCaribbean\u2019s Iron Lady,\u201d Dame Eugenia\u2019s role in the US-led Grenada Invasion heightened her standing in the international community. Regarded as a \u201cstrict constitutionalist\u201d at home, she advanced policies aimed at strengthening Dominica\u2019s position globally.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special Collections: Their Excellencies Dame Ruth Nita Barrow GCMG, DA 1916 &#8211; 1995 Dame Nita, Barbados\u2019 first and only female Governor General (1990-95), was a champion of social justice.&nbsp;She made a lifelong commitment to secure a better quality of life for all.&nbsp;A leader on many fronts, she was able to impact regional and international decision-making [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":483,"featured_media":0,"parent":126,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/search-side-menu.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"Their Excellencies - Sidney Martin Library - The University of the West Indies at Cave Hill","description":"Special Collections: Their Excellencies Dame Ruth Nita Barrow GCMG, DA 1916 - 1995 Dame Nita, Barbados\u2019 first and only female Governor General (1990-95), was a"},"iawp_total_views":19,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-194","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/483"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1910,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194\/revisions\/1910"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/smlibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}