Lucinda Sewer Millin
Lucinda Sewer Millin (August 26, 1892 – January 26, 1981) was an educator and legislator of the United States Virgin Islands. She studied in Antigua and began teaching in 1910 at a Moravian Church school. In 1923 she founded her own school. In 1954 she became the first woman elected to the Legislature of the Virgin Islands and she would serve ten years. In addition to education she had a strong interest in care for the elderly and the Lucinda Millin Home for the Aged was named for her.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lucinda Millin: Educator and First Female Senator", St. John Trade Winds News, February 25, 2007.
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- 1892 births
- 1981 deaths
- United States Virgin Islands women in politics
- United States Virgin Islands people of African descent
- Senators of the Legislature of the United States Virgin Islands
- United States Virgin Islands educators
- Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands politicians
- 20th-century American educators
- 20th-century American women educators
- 20th-century American legislators
- 20th-century American women politicians