Career
She joined Holy Redeemer Cr Union as a clerk, became its treasurer and has served as its Chief Executive Officer since 1956. Usher is the older sister of the "father of Belize", George Cadle Price. Jane Ellen Price was born in 1917, in Belize City, British Honduras to William Cadle Price and Irene Cecelia Escalante.
She was one of eleven children including Samuel William Price, John Cecil Price, Anna Cecilia Price, George Cadle Price, Lydia Mary Waight, Alice Margaret Craig, Josephine Delia Balderamos, Irene Elizabeth Canton, Katharine Louise Price and Judy Sybil Price.
On 3 January 1942 Price married Henry Charles Usher and in 1944, when Holy Redeemer Cr Union was established, she began working there as a clerk. In the 1950s she helped to create legislation to create a cr union league.
British Honduras Cr Union League was officially formed on 15 June, 1956 under the new legislation and Usher was appointed as General Manager and elected to the position of Secretary/Treasurer, a position she has held since. That same year she was also honored by the Belize Business Bureau for her contributions to women"s development in business in Belize.
Usher served as a PUP Cabinet Minister of Health and Cooperatives from 1979 to 1984.
Then between 15 September 1989 and 1 June 1993, Usher served as the president of the Senate. Usher became Director Emeritus of the Holy Redeemer Cr Union in 2012. In 2013, Usher was awarded an honorary doctorate from Galen University for her long service to citizens of Belize.
