Hazel Monteith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hazel Monteith

Jamaican Senator, radio personality and social worker

Date of Birth: 19-Jun-1917

Place of Birth: Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica

Date of Death: 22-May-2012

Profession: radio personality, social worker, senator

Nationality: Jamaica

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Hazel Monteith, O.D., J.P.
(19 June 1917 – 22 May 2012) was an Afro-Jamaican consumer rights advocate, radio personality and social worker.
Graduating from the first course in social work offered by the University of the West Indies, Monteith worked for twelve years as a traveling field agent coordinating social welfare projects for the Jamaica Federation of Women.
In 1972 she became a regional officer at the Council of Voluntary Social Services and was tasked with creating the Citizen's Advice Bureau.
Through innovative programs, she developed training and advice centers and radio broadcasts to help citizens with a wide variety of issues from how to register vital records, to employment training, to where to obtain assistance for household goods.
She was honored as an officer in the Order of Distinction in 1982 and subsequently appointed a Senator from 1986 to 1989.