Amy Ashwood Garvey

This article is about the Jamaican-born political activist and Marcus Garvey's first wife. For Marcus Garvey's second wife, see Amy Jacques Garvey.

Amy Ashwood Garvey
Born
Amy Ashwood

(1897-01-10)10 January 1897
Port Antonio, Jamaica
Died3 May 1969(1969-05-03) (aged 72)
Kingston, Jamaica
Known forActivism, black nationalism, Pan-Africanism
SpouseMarcus Garvey (1919–22; divorced)
Parent(s)Delbert Ashwood
Maudriana Thompson

Amy Ashwood Garvey (née Ashwood; 10 January 1897 – 3 May 1969) was a Jamaican Pan-Africanist activist.[1] She was a director of the Black Star Line Steamship Corporation, and along with her former husband Marcus Garvey she founded the Negro World newspaper.

  1. ^ Shilliam, Robbie (2021). "Theorizing (with) Amy Ashwood Garvey". In Rietzler, Katharina; Owens, Patricia (eds.). Women's International Thought: A New History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 158–178. doi:10.1017/9781108859684.011. ISBN 978-1-108-49469-4. S2CID 234257011. Retrieved 6 March 2021.