Gene Miles (activist)

Gene Miles
Born1930
Died8 December 1972 (approx. 42 years)
OccupationPolitical activist

Gene Miles (1930 - 8 December 1972) was a political activist from Trinidad and Tobago.[1] She is recognized for her testimony in the 1967, Commission of Enquiry,[2] into the corruption surrounding the granting of gas station licenses.[3] Miles' testimony resulted in the firing of the Senior Factory Inspector.[3] She is considered to be a figure of the resistance to governmental corruption[4] and the Commission at which she testified is seen as one of the most significant in the history of Trinidad and Tobago.[5][6] She was of Portuguese descent.[7]

  1. ^ DeVertieul, Anthony (1981). The Story of Gene Smiles and the Gas Station Racket. Port of Spain: Paria Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 49.
  2. ^ Hook to the Commission of Enquiry section.
  3. ^ a b Government of Trinidad and Tobago (1967). Report of the Commission of Enquiry into the Circumstances Surrounding the Sales, Leases and Other Transfers of Gasolene Stations or Sites for Gasolene Stations since 1961 and the Procedure Followed in the Granting of Licenses for the Operation of Such Stations. Port of Spain: Government of Trinidad and Tobago. p. 9.
  4. ^ Ferreira, Ferdie (15 October 2012). "I Beg to Disagree". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
  5. ^ Mathur, Ira (23 March 2014). "Have Women Come a Long Way in TT?". Ira's Room (blog). Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  6. ^ Johnson Washington, Clare (2010). "Women and Resistance in the African Diaspora, with Special Focus on the Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago) and U.S.A". (M.Sc. thesis). Portland: Portland State University. p. 51.
  7. ^ "Miss Miles makes mas on stage again".