Doris Sands Johnson
(1921-1983)
Bahamian politician
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Dame Doris Sands Johnson, DBE (19 June 1921 – 21 June 1983) was a Bahamian teacher, suffragette, and politician. She was the first Bahamian woman to contest an election in the Bahamas, the first female Senate appointee, and the first woman granted a leadership role in the Senate. Once in the legislature, she was the first woman to be made a government minister and then was elected as the first woman President of the Senate. She was the first woman to serve as Acting Governor General of the Bahamas, and was honored as Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.
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19 June 1921 St. Agnes, New Providence, The Bahamas
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| Died |
21 June 1983 (aged 62)
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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