Career
She had been described as one of the "vociferous Africentric activists" in the history of Trinidad and Tobago and in the Caribbean region. Born in 1897, Elma Francois acquired her primary education (up to "5th Standard") while working as a cotton picker with her mother. At a young age, Francois tried to organize the laborers at the Mountain.
Bentick factory.
In Trinidad and Tobago, she worked as a domestic helper. There she joined the Trinidad Workingman"s Association, where she found a sympathizer of the working class in the name of Captain A. A. Cipriani, a former soldier of the West India Regiment. She was a participant in the "Butler Riots" of 1937.
After being captured by the police, Francois was tried for sedition, becoming the first woman in the history of Trinidad and Tobago to be tried for such.
Francoise died in 1944. Sojourner Truth (United States of America)
Harriet Tubman (United States of America)
Angela Davis (United States of America).
