Iris Winnifred King Explained

Iris Winnifred King
Occupation:First Black female Mayor, 1958
Birth Date:1910
Birth Place:Kingston, Jamaica
Death Place:New York City, USA

Iris Winnifred King née Ewart (1910–2000), was born in Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies, on September 5, 1910. She attended the Kingston Technical High School[1] in Kingston and later the Roosevelt University in Chicago where she studied political science and public administration from 1951-'53.[2]

In 1958–1959 she served as a mayor of Kingston and was the first woman in that function.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kinsgton Technical High School . https://web.archive.org/web/20090607085626/http://kingstontechnical.org/ . June 7, 2009 . dead . September 22, 2014 .
  2. Book: Jet. December 4, 1958 . Johnson Publishing Company. 0021-5996.

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