Jacqueline Creft

grenada, minister of education, literacy, revolution, women's rights

Born Jan 01, 1946

St. George's, Grenada

Passed Away Oct 19, 1983 St. George's, Grenada

Lifespan 37 years old

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"Education is the most powerful weapon of liberation; when every child reads, no empire can enslave them."

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Grenadian educator, political leader, and Minister of Education who revolutionized public schooling and literacy during the PRG.

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Jacqueline Creft was a prominent Grenadian educational reformer and feminist political leader who served as Minister of Education, Youth and Social Affairs in the People's Revolutionary Government.

Holding degrees from the University of the West Indies and Carleton University, Creft transformed Grenada's education system, introducing free secondary education, teacher training academies, and the Centre for Popular Education, which virtually eradicated illiteracy.

She was executed alongside Maurice Bishop at Fort Rupert on October 19, 1983, remembered as a heroic champion of Caribbean educational equality.

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Fort George Memorial
St. George's, Grenada

                         GPS: 12.0500, -61.7556                    

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