Gladys Bustamante, the widow of Jamaica's first prime minister and a staunch supporter of women's and workers' rights, died Saturday. She was 97.The cause of death was unclear, although the government said she had been confined to her house for two years.
"Lady B," as Bustamante was known, married Alexander Bustamante in 1963, a year after Jamaica was granted independence from Britain. She continued to work for the Jamaica Labor Party long after her husband died in 1977.
She was also was a member of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union and volunteered with non-profit groups to help impoverished families.
In a statement, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said, "We are deeply saddened by her passing but we are an immensely richer country and people for the life she lived and the completeness with which that life was dedicated to the people of Jamaica."
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