Elma Napier

Elma Napier
Born
Elma Gordon-Cumming

(1892-03-23)23 March 1892
Scotland
Died12 November 1973(1973-11-12) (aged 81)
Calibishie, Dominica
Other namesElma Gibbs
Elizabeth Garner
Occupation(s)Writer, politician
Spouse(s)Maurice Antony Crutchley Gibbs, m. 1912 (div.);
Lennox Pelham Napier, m. 1924–1940, his death
Children4
Parent(s)Sir William Gordon-Cumming and Florence Josephine Gordon-Cumming (née Garner)
RelativesLennox Honychurch (son)

Elma Napier (née Gordon-Cumming; 23 March 1892 – 12 November 1973), also known as Elma Gibbs and by the pen-name Elizabeth Garner,[1][2] was a Scottish-born writer and politician who lived most of her life in the Caribbean island of Dominica. She published several novels and memoirs based on her life, and was the first woman elected to the legislature in Dominica.

  1. ^ "Elma Napier" (overview screen) Archived 2019-01-29 at the Wayback Machine, Orlando: Women's Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present. Cambridge.
  2. ^ "People: Elma Napier", Domnitjen magazine, Volume 2, Issue 2.