Sandra Dean-Patterson

Sandra Dean-Patterson is a psychologist and human rights activist in The Bahamas. Dean-Patterson established the Bahamas Council for the Disabled in 1973, founded the Bahamas Crisis Center (formerly the Women's Crisis Centre) in 1982, established The Bahamas Association of Social Workers, and founded the Caribbean Association of Rehabilitative Therapists.

For her career advocating for human rights in The Bahamas, Dean-Patterson was awarded The Bahamas Order of Merit in 1997, Bahamian Icon Award for Humanitarianism in 2014, and the United States State Department's International Woman of Courage Award in 2011. Provided by Wikipedia