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Gloria Baylis
1929–2017
Canada
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Biography
Gloria Leon Baylis (née Clarke; June 29, 1929 – April 12, 2017) was a Barbadian Canadian civil rights activist, registered nurse and entrepreneur. She won the first-ever case of employment-related racial discrimination in Canada, and later founded the Baylis Medical Company, which was ranked in 2018 as one of Canada's best-managed companies.
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