Phyllis Coard
Phyllis Coard | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Minister of Women’s Affairs in the People's Revolutionary Government (PRG) of Grenada | |
| In office Position established – 19 October 1983 | |
| Prime Minister | Maurice Bishop Bernard Coard |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| President of the National Women’s Organisation (NWO) of the New Jewel Movement (NJM) | |
| In office 6 December 1982 – 19 October 1983 | |
| Prime Minister | Maurice Bishop Bernard Coard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Phyllis Evans 2 November 1943 Jamaica |
| Died | 6 September 2020 (aged 76) Kingston, Jamaica |
| Citizenship | Grenada |
| Party | New JEWEL Movement (NJM) Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) |
| Other political affiliations | National Women’s Organisation (NWO) |
| Spouse | Bernard Coard (m. 1967) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Reading London School of Economics |
| Profession | Social worker, omen’s rights activist, communist, revolutionary, educator, writer and politician |
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Phyllis Coard (née Evans, 2 November 1943 – 6 September 2020) was a Jamaican-born Grenadian social worker, women's rights activist, communist, revolutionary, educator, writer and politician. She was founder member and president of the National Women's Organisation (NWO), was a minister in the People's Revolutionary Government (PRG), was a central committee member of Grenada's New JEWEL Movement (NJM) party, and was the only woman member of the "Grenada 17" group who were controversially convicted for ordering the murder of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop in 1983.