Edith Cromwell
Edith Cromwell was a teacher for over 20 years. She paved the way for race-equity in education when she successfully lobbied for her Inglewood students to be bussed to Bridgetown, where they could reap the benefits of its better funded education system. Mrs. Cromwell was also an Order of Nova Scotia beneficiary, an inductee to the W.P Oliver Wall of Honour, and the recipient of an honorary doctorate from Acadia University. She contributed to the Black Learners Association, the Black United Front and the Black Cultural Society/Centre.
The official African Heritage Month provincial poster features six women from across Nova Scotia who were, or are, outstanding figures in their communities. Each have, in their own unique way, made great contributions to all African Nova Scotians.
