Westwood High School, Jamaica
The Westwood High School is a school located in Stewart Town, Trelawny Parish, Trelawny, Jamaica. It was founded in 1882 by Baptist Minister Reverend William Menzie Webb with the aim to provide Racial segregation, unsegregated education for girls. The school also set up a board of trustees to represent the different Protestant denominations. It caters to secondary students and after 36 years reopened its sixth-form programme in 2014. Westwood is among the five boarding remaining in Jamaica and has been the only school to retain the tradition of wearing a Panama hat, jippi-jappa (Panama) hat. Amy Ashwood Garvey, a Pan-Africanist activist and the first wife of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, was a student of the school. Iris Collins, the first woman elected to the House of Representatives, also attended the school. Gwendolyn Spencer, a nurse and midwife who co-founded the Jamaican Midwives' Association, also attended the school. Anne Walmsley, an editor, scholar, critic and author, taught at th ...
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Stewart Town
Stewart Town is a historic town that was established in Trelawny Parish, Jamaica in 1812. It was named after James Stewart James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military pilot. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart's film career spanned 80 films from 1935 to 1991. With the strong morality h ..., the Custos for Trelawney Parish 1800-1821. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart Town Populated places in Trelawny Parish ...
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