"Now why, you may ask, does this Anglo-Saxon looking little woman represent three and three-quarter million island peoples who are mainly coloured persons of African and mixed descent. I will tell you. My friends, I was elected by a large majority of coloured people this year, and I represent them in the West Indian House of Representatives, our Parliament. I regard, therefore, that election and my ministerial appointment as a triumph of tolerance over skin-deep differences, and even over historical prejudices. May I add that it is a triumph of tolerance over creed as well as race."