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          Lucille Mathurin Mair (née Walrond) made a mammoth contribution to women in Jamaica and across the world.

        1. Lucille Mathurin Mair (née Walrond) made a mammoth contribution to women in Jamaica and across the world.
        2. Lucille M. Mathurin Mair (Jamaica) appointed Secretary-General of World Conference of United Nations Decade for Women.
        3. In this biography, Verene Shepherd traces Mair's evolving ideology through her roles as professional historian, wife, mother, mentor, diplomat, national and.
        4. Cadogan and the writer, Eric Walrond.
        5. Her most recent award is the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in.
        6. In this biography, Verene Shepherd traces Mair's evolving ideology through her roles as professional historian, wife, mother, mentor, diplomat, national and..

          Lucille M. Mair

          Jamaican ambassador

          Lucille Mathurin Mair, (néeWalrond; 1924 – 28 January 2009), was a Jamaican ambassador, author, diplomat and gender specialist.

          In March 1982, she became the first female Under Secretary General of the United Nations. She died aged 85 in Kingston, Jamaica.

          Education and career

          Born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1924,[1][2] Mair obtained a first degree in history at London University.

          In 1974 she obtained a PhD in history from the University of the West Indies with a dissertation entitled "A Historical Study of Women in Jamaica 1655–1844",[1] about which Verene Shepherd has said: "Over a period of three decades, it became the most sought-after unpublished work among students and scholars of Caribbean history and culture."[3]

          Mair served as Assistant Secretary-General in the office of the United Nations Secretary in 1979, from which she performed the role of Secretary-General for the