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Charles, Eugenia (1919–2005)
Eugenia Charles (later Dame Charles) was known to the world as the Iron Lady of the Caribbean, but in Dominica as Mamo.
Born Mary Eugenia on 15 May 1919, in the fishing village of Pointe Michel, she died on 6 September 2005, at age 86. Her father had parlayed his small farm into a substantial import-export business and established the first colored-owned bank in Dominica, catering to small farmers.
Eugenia took after her father and worked and cared for him until his death at age 107. Devoutly religious (Roman Catholic), she was always independent-minded and outspoken.
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She never abandoned her no-nonsense style even as her detractors taunted her for her lifelong unmarried and childless state. She earned degrees from the University of Toronto and the London School of Economics and returned to Dominica in 1949 as the island's only female barrister.
In 1968 she helped form the Dominica Freedom Party (DFP) to counter the authoritarian and corrupt tendencies