Shirley Osborne Explained

Shirley Osborne is a politician in Montserrat. She was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat between September 2014 and October 2019.[1] She is the daughter of the late John Osborne, a former Chief Minister of Montserrat.[2]

Osborne trained as a teacher and in 1995 received an MBA from Simmons School of Management.[3] She has served as Executive Director of the Women’s Resource Centre in St Peters.[4]

In 2016, Osborne and a friend, hiking in a wooded area near Soldier Ghaut (a seasonal streambed) in the northwest area of the island, discovered nine petroglyphs, known as the Soldier Ghaut petroglyphs.[5] [6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Miss Shirley Osborne elected new Speaker of the Montserrat Legislative Assembly. Government of Montserrat. 7 August 2015.
  2. News: PDM names LegAss Speaker. 7 August 2015. Montserrat Reporter. 7 November 2014.
  3. Web site: Shirley Osborne .
  4. Web site: Caribbean Elections Biography Shirley Osborne . 2022-10-19 . www.caribbeanelections.com.
  5. Web site: 2016-06-03 . Hikers on Caribbean island of Montserrat find ancient stone carvings . 2022-10-18 . the Guardian . en.
  6. Cherry . John F. . Ryzewski . Krysta . Guimarães . Susana . Stouvenot . Christian . Francis . Sarita . June 2021 . The Soldier Ghaut Petroglyphs on Montserrat, Lesser Antilles . Latin American Antiquity . en . 32 . 2 . 422–430 . 10.1017/laq.2020.102 . 1045-6635.
  7. Web site: 2016-06-17 . Hikers Discover Ancient Petroglyphs in Montserrat . 2022-10-18 . Backpacker . en.