# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/isabel-ursula-teshea
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:40:51.082Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/isabel-ursula-teshea"
name: "Isabel Ursula Teshea"
slug: "isabel-ursula-teshea"
description: "Isabel Ursula Teshea, TC was an Afro-Trinidadian social worker, human rights activist, and politician. One of the founders of the People's National Movement, she served as vice chair of the party and was the first woman to hold the office. When Trinidad and Tobago gained its independence from Britain, she ran as a candidate, becoming the first woman elected in the newly established House of Representatives. She became the first woman cabinet Minister and later ambassador for the country. Posthumously, she was awarded the Trinity Cross, the highest honor of the country."
tagline: "Politician from Trinidad and Tobago"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Minister_van_Volksgezondheid_van_Trinidad_Miss_Teshea_op_Schiphol_aagekomen_Mis%2C_Bestanddeelnr_915-4991.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1911-07-24"
deathDate: "1981-04-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.76
  momentum:             5.591397849462365
  historical:           4.601368
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Isabel Ursula Teshea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ایزابل ارسولا تشی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Ursula_Teshea"
    title: "Isabel Ursula Teshea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Ursula_Teshea"
    title: "Isabel Ursula Teshea"
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  - url: "https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A"
    title: "ايزابل ارسولا تاشي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47820907"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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