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Nita Barrow

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Her Excellency Dame
Nita Barrow
GCMG DA
5th Governor-General of Barbados
In office
6 June 1990 – 19 December 1995
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterLloyd Erskine Sandiford
Owen Arthur
Preceded byHugh Springer
Succeeded byClifford Husbands
Personal details
Born(1916-11-15)15 November 1916
Saint Lucy, Barbados
Died19 December 1995(1995-12-19) (aged 79)
Bridgetown, Barbados
Alma materUniversity of Toronto

Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, GCMG DA (15 November 1916 – 19 December 1995)[1] was the first female governor-general of Barbados.[2] Barrow was a nurse and a public health servant from Barbados. She served as the fifth governor-general of Barbados from 6 June 1990 until her death on 19 December 1995.[3] She was the older sister of Errol Barrow, the first prime minister of Barbados.

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Early life

Ruth Nita Barrow was born in Barbados to a respected Anglican priest, the Reverend Reginald Grant Barrow, and Mrs. Ruth Alberta Barrow (née O'Neal).[4] She was the second of her parents' five children, whom included Sybil Barrow, Ena Comma, and Errol Barrow.[5][6] She trained as a nurse, midwife and health care administrator. She held a variety of nursing, public health and public administration jobs in Barbados and Jamaica in the 1940s/1950s.[5][7]

Education

She began her nursing profession in her early years following in the steps of her uncle and father, and completed her basic training at the Barbados General Hospital.[8] She then began training in midwifery at the Port of Spain General Hospital in Trinidad.[8]

Barrow was a graduate in nursing from Columbia University (New York), University of Toronto, (Canada), and the University of Edinburgh (Scotland).[8] She later continued her education in a specialized study at the Royal College of Nursing of Edinburgh University in 1951-52, and at Columbia University in 1962-63.

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Career

Barrow's career began in 1964, when she became a Nursing Advisor for the Pan American Health Organization for the Caribbean area. In 1975, she became the Director of the Christian Medical Commission of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and President of the World YWCA (1975–1983).[9][10] She was president of the International Council of Adult Education (ICAE) from 1982 through 1990 and Convenor of the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Forum for the Decade of Women in Nairobi, Kenya in 1983.[9] In 1985, at the Nairobi World Conference on Women, Barrow served as the chair of the NGO Forum.[11]

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 Alexandra township disguised in African garb and head-dress.[12]

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

Barrow suffered from a massive stroke the night of her death. She was survived by her sisters, Sybil Barrow and Ena Comma.

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Legacy

The Errol & Nita Barrow Educational Trust raises funds and make financial awards to enable Bajans and Commonwealth Caribbean citizens to pursue a course of study that will further the development of Barbados and the Caribbean.[13]

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Further Reading

University of the West Indies

Errol Barrow

Lloyd Erskine Sandiford

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Elsie Payne

Marie Grace Augustin

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University of the West Indies at Cave Hill
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