# Phyllis Coard

> Phyllis Coard was a Jamaican-born Grenadian social worker, women's rights activist, communist, revolutionary, educator, writer and politician. She was founder member and president of the National Women's Organisation (NWO), was a minister in the People's Revolutionary Government (PRG), was a central committee member of Grenada's New JEWEL Movement (NJM) party, and was the only woman member of the "Grenada 17" group who were controversially convicted for ordering the murder of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop in 1983.

*Politician*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** Grenada
- **Born:** 1946-11-02
- **Died:** 2020-09-06
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Phyllis Coard was a Jamaican-born Grenadian social worker, women's rights activist, communist, revolutionary, educator, writer and politician. She was founder member and president of the National Women's Organisation (NWO), was a minister in the People's Revolutionary Government (PRG), was a central committee member of Grenada's New JEWEL Movement (NJM) party, and was the only woman member of the "Grenada 17" group who were controversially convicted for ordering the murder of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop in 1983.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 39.3
- **Momentum:** 2.0

## Sources
- [Phyllis Coard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Coard)
- [Корд, Филлис](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24642597)

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