Nita Barrow

The Honourable Dame Nita Barrow DA GCMG
Governor-General of Barbados
In office 6 June 1990 – 19 December 1995
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Owen Arthur
Preceded by	Hugh Springer
Succeeded by	Denys Williams (A.g) 1995-1996 Clifford Husbands 1996 - 2011
Personal details
Born	15 November 1916(1916-11-15)
Died	19 December 1995(1995-12-19) (aged 79)
Alma mater	University of Toronto

Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, DA, GCMG, FRCN (November 15, 1916 – December 19, 1995) was a nurse and humanitarian activist from Barbados. She served as Governor-General of Barbados from 6 June 1990 until her death on 19 December 1995.^[1] She was also the sister of Errol Barrow.

Barrow trained as a nurse, midwife and health care administrator, holding a variety of nursing, public health and public administration jobs in Barbados and Jamaica in the 1940s/1950s.^{[citation needed]}

She was a member of the Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons that visited South Africa in 1986. During that mission she successfully thwarted South Africa's military restrictions, through entering the restricted area of Alexandria township disguised in African garb and head-dress.^[2]

In 1980 Barrow was conferred the highest honour in Barbados; she was made a Dame of St. Andrew (KA) of the Order of Barbados. She was also awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing.

Positions

• Public health advisor to the World Health Organization & the Pan-American Health Organization (1963-?)
• President of the World YWCA (1975–83)
• President of the International Council of Adult Education (1982–90)
• President of the World Council of Churches (1983)
• Ambassador to the United Nations (1986–90)
• Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Nursing

Sources

1. Blackman, Francis Woodie. Dame Nita: Caribbean Woman, World Citizen. Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers, 1985.

1. ^ Carrington, Sean (2007). A~Z of Barbados Heritage. Macmillan Caribbean Publishers Limited. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-333-92068-6. 
2. ^ Carrington, (2003)

See also

• Memory of the World Register – Latin America and the Caribbean
• List of the first female holders of political offices in the Americas

Links

• Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) website
• Biography of Dame Ruth Nita Barrow

Government offices
Preceded by Hugh Springer	Governor-General of Barbados 1990–1995	Succeeded by Denys Williams Acting

Persondata
Name	Barrow, Nita
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Short description
Date of birth	15 November 1916
Place of birth
Date of death	19 December 1995
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