On 1 January 2014, for the
New Year Honours, she was appointed as a
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) "for services to national, regional and international advocation for the rights of women." She was the only Barbadian appointed that year by
Elizabeth II, in her right as Queen of
Barbados, on advice of the Barbadian Government. She also "received an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the
University of the West Indies." ==Personal life and death==