| 词条 | Phyllis Simmons Brooks |
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| name = Phyllis Simmons Brooks | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Phyllis Theodosia Simmons | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|12|21}} | birth_place = Bermuda | death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|02|26|1926|12|21}} | death_place = Canada | nationality = Canadian | other_names = | occupation = Educator | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }}Phyllis Theodosia Simmons Brooks (December 21, 1926 – February 26, 2012) was a Canadian educator.[1] BiographyBrooks was born in Bermuda and came to Canada on a scholarship to study teaching in 1945. She taught school in Bermuda and then, after marrying a Canadian, returned to Canada. She received a BA in English from the University of Toronto and a master's degree in education and then was a teacher and librarian with the Toronto school board for 20 years. After retiring from teaching, she taught adult literacy courses for the Toronto District School Board on a volunteer basis. Brooks also served as a member of the working committee of the Bermudian Canadian Association. While working with St. Christopher House in Toronto, she worked to raise scholarship funds for children in music programs.[2][3] Brooks received the Harriet Tubman Award from the Ontario Black History Society. She was a founding member of the Canadian Negro Women's Association (CANEWA), later the Congress of Black Women of Canada.[2] References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Phyllis-Brooks&lc=3781&pid=156160304&mid=5011650 |title=In Memory of Phyllis Theodosia Brooks |publisher=Giffen-Mack Funeral Home & Cremation Centre}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Brooks, Phyllis Simmons}}{{Canada-bio-stub}}2. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20120206/ISLAND02/702069996 |author=Jessie Moniz|title=Full marks for two quality educators |newspaper=The Royal Gazette |location=Bermuda|date=February 6, 2012}} 3. ^{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=8EFw7_bh0YEC&pg=PA72 |title=Women of Vision: The Story of the Canadian Negro Women's Association, 1951-1976 |pages=72–73 |last=Hill |first=Lawrence |year=1996 |ISBN=1895642183}} 4 : 1926 births|2012 deaths|Canadian schoolteachers|Black Canadian women |
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