Biography of nurse vivian seay

British Honduran nurse, social reformer and activist

Vivian Wilhelmina Myvett Seay (1881–1971) was a British Honduran nurse, social reformer and activist.

Seay, Creole and of the middle class, attended the Anglican Church school and earned her teaching credentials in the pupil-teacher program. In 1920, she founded the country's Black Cross Nurses and led the group until she died, 51 years later.

A social activist, the legalization of divorce in Belize is partially attributed to her work.

Biography of nurse vivian seay

In 1951, she was the only woman founder of the National Party and she was the country's second woman citizen to be honored as Member of the Order of the British Empire.

Biography

Vivian Wilhelmina Myvett was born in British Honduras in 1881 to Francis and Margaret Myvett, a middle-class Creole family.

She attended the Anglican Church school^[3] and then at 16 entered the pupil-teaching system for a small salary. which allowed her to further her education in exch