Edna Manley OM (Jamaica) (née Swithenbank) (March 1, 1900-February 2, 1987) was an English-born Jamaican artist and social activist. The Order of Merit is part of the Jamaican honours system and is the third highest honour conferred by the nation of Jamaica. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. Born to an English father and Jamaican mother, she married her cousin Norman Manley and moved to Jamaica in 1922. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Norman Washington Manley MM QC National Hero of Jamaica ( July 4 1893 &ndash September 2 1969) was a Two children, both sons, were born to that marriage, Michael who was to become a union activist and eventually prime minister, and Douglas, a sociologist and minister in his brother's government. Michael Norman Manley ON ( December 10, 1924 – March 6, 1997) was the fourth Prime Minister of Jamaica

When her husband became leader of the People's National Party, in the wake of the worker uprising of 1938, she became a public figure both as an artist committed to producing works centred on Jamaica (most notably the figure 'Negro Aroused') and as a promoter of Jamaican literary culture through the journal Focus, which she edited in the 1940s and 1950s. List of party presidents Norman Manley (1938-1969 Michael Manley (1969-1992 P Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive

Active for much of her life as an artist, she also taught at the Jamaica School of Art (now a component of the Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts). The Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts operates from a single campus located in Kingston Jamaica.

Works

Whisper
Into The Mist
Before Thought
Moon
Into The Sun
Growth
The Ancestor
The Mother
Negro Aroused
Diggers
Man and Woman
Bead Sellers
The Trees are Joyful
Rainbow Serpent
Rising Sun
Prophet
Ghetto Mother

Awards

Edna Manley has received numerous awards including:

Silver Musgrave Medal of the Institute of Jamaica (1929)
the Gold Musgrave Medal of the Institute of Jamaica (1943)
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of the West Indies (1975)
the Order of Merit (Jamaica, 1980}

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