Caribbean feminists applauded Barbados on Oct. 20. 2021 when nationals voted Sandra Prunella Mason president-elect of the island with a two-thirds majority vote during a joint session of the country’s House of Assembly and Senate.
That decision said No to Queen Elizabeth II deciding matters of national interest in Barbados and putting an end to the beholding relationship maintained for centuries by monarchies continuing through decades since the island became independent on Nov. 30, 1966.
