10 Facts About Peggy Antrobus

Peggy Antrobus was born on 1935 and is a feminist activist, author, and scholar from the Caribbean.

Peggy Antrobus served as Advisor on Women's Affairs to the government of Jamaica, and as United Nations advisor to the Barbados Ministry of Social Transformation.

Peggy Antrobus is a founder member of several feminist organisations, including the Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action, the global South feminist network Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era, and the International Gender and Trade Network.

Peggy Antrobus is the author of The Global Women's Movement: Origins, Issues and Strategies.

Peggy Antrobus studied in St Lucia at St Joseph's Convent and later at the St Vincent Girl's High School.

Peggy Antrobus did her bachelor's in economics at Bristol University in 1954, and went on to receive a professional certificate in social work at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Peggy Antrobus completed her doctorate in education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1998.

Peggy Antrobus was a founder member of Development Alternatives for Women in a New Era and functioned as the organization's general coordinator for the from 1990 to 1996.

Peggy Antrobus authored an analytical and historical overview of global feminism and the international women's movement in her book, The Global Women's Movement: Origins, Issues and Strategies.

Peggy Antrobus contributed an essay to Robin Morgan's anthology, Sisterhood is Global: The International Women's Movement Anthology.