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Jamaican politician and businesswoman

Rose Agatha Leon (20 October 1913 – 16 August 1999) was a Jamaican businesswoman and politician.

In August 1999, she was murdered in her home.^[1]

Biography

Leon was born to a pharmacist, Benjamin Joseph Huie, and Adella née Murray Hui on 20 October 1911 in Saint Ann Parish. She was educated in the Central Branch Elementary School and Wolmer’s Girls' School, both in Jamaica, and later in New York City at the Abyssinian School of Cosmetic Chemistry.

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Leon was married to Arthur Alexander Leon in 1932; the couple had two children.^[2]

Politics

Leon first became politically active in the early 1940s, when she became a councilor for the Kingston and St.

Andrew Corporation. From 1944 she was a member of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).^[2]

In 1948 she became chair of the Jamaica Labour Party, making her the first woman to chair a national political party.

Leon held that position for 12 years.^[3&