# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/beverley-anderson-manley
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:52:11.612Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/beverley-anderson-manley"
name: "Beverley Anderson Manley"
slug: "beverley-anderson-manley"
description: "Beverley Lois Anderson-Manley is a Jamaican public figure and Former First Lady of Jamaica between 1972 and 1980. In the 1970s, she emerged as a leader in women's rights advocacy, leading a campaign for a maternity leave. From 1972 to 1993, she was married to Michael Manley, who was Prime Minister of Jamaica from 1972 to 1980. Manley was known for being more radical than her husband and helping him connect with Jamaica's black population. She was a popular figure among the majority of Jamaicans. Manley also co-founded a radio show, The Breakfast Club, with Eric Anthony Abrahams in 1992. After divorcing Michael, she published The Manley Memoirs in 2008, and in 2012 she married Donald Keith Duncan."
tagline: "Jamaican political scientist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mrs._Michael_Manley_in_the_Oval_Office_1977._NARA_177167_(retouched).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1941-11-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.09
  momentum:             12.58596918085969
  historical:           1.556409333333334
  currentAttention:     60.49382716049383
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  34
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverley_Manley"
    title: "Beverley Manley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88020101"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations