Elouise Edwards
Elouise Edwards (28 December 1932 – 22 January 2021) was a community activist and civil rights campaigner. She was born in British Guiana and moved to Manchester, England in the 1960s, becoming known for her campaigns to fight racial discrimination and to develop community services in the Moss Side area of Manchester. Her work included housing projects, women's networking groups, medical assistance programs, and the development of art and cultural programs. Early life and education Elouise Chandler was born on 28 December 1932 in Georgetown, British Guiana to Erica (née Grimes) and Samuel Chandler. She was the youngest of ten children in the family of five daughters and five sons. Her father was an engineer who worked in the gold mining industry and her mother raised the children, until her death when Elouise was six years old. Chandler was sent to live in a boarding school and attended the Ursuline Convent's school in Georgetown. On weekends and holidays, she would travel with her father between settlements on the Potaro River, as he worked on a dredge operation engaged in extracting ore. In 1955, Chandler married Beresford Edwards at St. George's Cathedral and three years later, the couple had a son.