Rosalie Fawkes

Nassau, Bahamas - The Bahamas Historical Society will host a talk by Rosalie Fawkes on her father, Sir Randol Fawkes on Thursday, January 28th at 6pm. Location: BHS Museum, corner of Shirley Street and Elizabeth Avenue.

Miss Rosalie Fawkes , a veteran music and English teacher, worked in the field of education for twenty-eight years, having been employed at Queen’s College for twenty three years and Lyford Cay School for five years.

In 2005, Miss Fawkes established the Bahamas School for Piano Studies and she remains very active in the training of a new generation of pianists and helping with the music ministry at her parish church, St. Mary’s Anglican Church. Miss Fawkes has also been a member of the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) for many years and currently serves as the General Secretary for that association.

Miss Fawkes holds two academic degrees: a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Master of Science in Education.

Sir Randol Francis Fawkes (born March 20, 1924), is often referred to as "The Father of Labour" for the work that he did in establishing the trade unionist movement in The Bahamas. Sir Randol Fawkes, elder statesman, attorney-at-law, free trade unionist, civil rights activist, sportsman, author and musician, changed the course of Bahamian history.

In 1961, he successful piloted through the House of Assembly, the Bill which established Labour Day as a public holiday.  “Labor Day as a fitting memorial to the contributions made by the working people to the progress of the Colony.”

The Bahamas Historical Society (BHS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to stimulating interest in Bahamian History and to the collection and preservation of material relating thereto. Its Headquarters, the former IODE Hall, was a gift from the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (IODE). BHS is on Shirley Street and Elizabeth Avenue in Nassau. www.bahamashistoricalsociety. com