Barbara Saben
Barbara Saben | |
|---|---|
| Nominated Member of the Legislative Council | |
| In office 1954–1961 | |
| Mayor of Kampala | |
| In office 1961–1962 | |
| Preceded by | S. W. Kulubya |
| Succeeded by | P.I. Patel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1912 India |
| Died | 16 September 2014 (aged 102) United Kingdom |
Dorothy Barbara Saben CBE (1912 – 16 September 2014) was a Ugandan politician. She and Alice Boase were appointed to the Legislative Council in 1954, becoming its first female members. Saben later served as the first female mayor of Kampala.
Biography
[edit]Saben was born in India in 1912. After receiving a private education, she studied at St James College in London form 1931 to 1932.[1] She moved to Uganda in 1940 with her businessman husband.[2] She was a founder member of the Uganda Council of Women in 1946. In the 1951 New Year Honours she was awarded an MBE for her public service in Uganda. She was also a founder member of the National Council of Social Service, serving as its president.[1]
In 1954 Saben and Alice Boase were appointed to the Legislative Council, becoming its first female members.[3] Following the 1958 elections she became deputy chair of the Representative Members' Organisation, a grouping of the nominated members.[4] She remained on the Council until 1961.[5] Saben had also become a member of Kampala City Council when it was established.[6] After serving as deputy mayor from 1959 to 1960,[2] she became the first female mayor of the city in 1961, serving until 1962.[3] She was awarded a CBE in the 1963 New Year Honours; later in the same year she resigned from the City Council.[1]
She died in the United Kingdom in September 2014.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Who's who in East Africa, 1965, p103
- ^ a b Mijail C. Mendoza Escalante & Joy C. Kwesiga (2002) The Women's Movement in Uganda: History, Challenges, and Prospects, p206
- ^ a b Aili Mari Tripp (2012) Women and Politics in Uganda p39
- ^ David Ernest Apter (1997) The Political Kingdom in Uganda: A Study of Bureaucratic Nationalism p409
- ^ Aili Mari Tripp (2001) Women's Mobilization in Uganda: Nonracial Ideologies in European-African-Asian Encounters, 1945-1962 The International Journal of African Historical Studies, volume 34, number 3, pp543–564
- ^ Official Report, Uganda. National Assembly, 1962, p192
- ^ Dorothy Barbara Saben C.B.E. Eastern Daily Press, 23 September 2014