Emogene Augusta Creque (née Pickering; 22 July 1919 – 9 September 2025) was a British Virgin Islands politician. In 1965, she became the first female member of the Legislative Council.
Life and career Creque was born in Road Town on 22 July 1919, the daughter of Anita Nibbs and Frederick Pickering.VI recognises newest centenarian- Mrs Emogene A. Creque Virgin Islands News Online, 24 July 2019 In 1942, she married Henry Creque, with whom she had seven children. They, also, had thirteen grandchildren and sixteen greatgrandchildren. Her husband later became a member of the Legislative Council. In 1965, Emogene was also appointed to the council as a temporary substitute for Joseph O'Neal while he was abroad, becoming its first female member.Eugenia O'Neal (2001) From the Field to the Legislature: A History of Women in the Virgin Islands, pp87–88
Creque turned 100 in July 2019. As of September 2023, she resided on Tortola. Creque died on 9 September 2025, at the age of 106.
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