Sybil Theodora Phoenix
The Reverend Sybil Theodora Phoenix, Order of the British Empire, OBE (née Marshall; 21 June 1927) is a British community worker of Guyanese birth. She was the first black woman to be awarded the Order of the British Empire, MBE, in 1973. Biography Sybil Theodora Marshall was born in Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown in British Guiana (now Guyana), where she grew up."Sybil Phoenix OBE – community leader"
Moments in Time – I Rise, 7 March 2018. When she was nine years old her mother died, after which Sybil lived with her grandfather until his death when she was 12, and then with an aunt and uncle. After leaving school she became secretary to the minister of the church as well as helping in the church youth club, where she met her future husband in her early twenties. She was a ...
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Order Of The British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V and comprises five classes across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male or dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of, the order. Recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire were originally made on the nomination of the United Kingdom, the self-governing Dominions of the Empire (later Commonwealth) and the Viceroy of India. Nominations continue today from Commonwealth countries that participate in recommending British honours. Most Commonwealth countries ceased recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire when they ...
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