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She was born in British Guiana, and grew up in Guiana.
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Sybil Phoenix
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She is the first black woman to have received an Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire, in 1973. Sybil Phoenix started fostering for Lewisham in 1961. She made her own hostel for girls and became a community worker
She has been involved in Black History Month and was given an Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1973.
In 1987, Princess Margaret asked her to be Minister without Portfolio for Guyana. In 1996, Phoenix was made an Honorary Freeman of the Borough of Lewisham, and in 1998 was awarded the Freedom of the City of London.
She received an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 2008.
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