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JAMAICA | The Woman History Forgot: Why St. James Should Honour Iris Collins

Remembering Jamaica’s first female Member of the House of Representatives

By O. Dave Allen

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, March 16, 2026 - St. James has long been one of Jamaica’s most politically dynamic parishes. From the early struggles for representation under colonial rule to the rise of mass politics after universal adult suffrage in 1944, the parish has repeatedly produced leaders who have helped shape the national political landscape.

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Iris Rhudella Collins-Williams (1915–2001), Jamaica’s first female Member of the House of Representatives, elected in 1944 for North Western St. James.
O. Dave Allen is a writer and a community development practitioner

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