Transcript of Ann Alexander Peters Interview

Dessima Williams: I want to ask you today, since you are one of eight women in a field of about eighty-four candidates running, how does it feel, as a woman, to be in this race?

Ann Alexander Peters: There are times when you get that sense of, I shouldn't call it fear, but a sense of disappointment in that you think that you would be well [treated] even among opposing persons in the political arena, and I think that as women we still have that kind of fear of dirty politics, of slander, of ridicule, but I think that my whole molding and upbringing and maybe my past experience has prepared me for that kind of onslaught. So I am prepared for it.

DW: Do you find any sisterly solidarity among the women candidates? Is there any network, any particular sisterhood between the eight women candidates or any portion of that eight?

AAP: Well for the other parties I can't say that because I have not had any direct interaction with them but for my own organization I must say that the women in the party and one of our own candidates, Joan Purcell, who is contesting the [Carriacou] seat, we have wonderful telephone dialoguing almost every day. We pray together on the phone, we discuss our own affairs and there's quite a lot of support within the party that I represent.

DW: How are the women of Grenada responding to the candidacy of women?

AAP: I would say very, very positively. More and more you hear [people] saying that it's time to give the women a chance and I think that is a very positive sign.

DW: Well you're taking a chance. Good luck!

AAP: Thank you very much.

Note: This transcript represents Michael Cohen's best effort at accuracy, based on repeated viewings of the source tapes. Transcripts should not, however, be assumed to correspond perfectly with the oral statements they reflect. All statements are subject to interpretation and human error in understanding.