Ena Collymore-Woodstock OD, MBE (born 10 September 1917) is a Jamaican barrister and magistrate who throughout her career broke many barriers for women.
When the war ended, she earned a law degree and returned to Jamaica to become the first woman Court Clerk, Crown Solicitor, and Resident Magistrate.
[4] Collymore moved into lodging at the YWCA, after living briefly with a married sister, and took a job as a bookkeeper at the Valentine Bakery.
At the end of the war in 1946, she began her law studies at Gray's Inn[2][3] and also enrolled in a course on juvenile delinquency at the University of London.
[2] By 1975, Woodstock was the Senior Resident Magistrate for St. Andrew Parish[4] and that same year was honored as an officer in the Order of Distinction for her contributions to the justice system of Jamaica.
[8] When a ministerial system was introduced to the Turks and Caicos in 1976, Collymore-Woodstock was contracted to serve as a magistrate for the British Overseas Territory.
[3] She was honored as a member of the Order of the British Empire in 1967 for her work with the Girl Guides,[10] which included serving as the Jamaican Chief Commissioner of the organization from 1964 to 1974.
[4] She received the Silver Fish Medal, the Girl Guide Commonwealth Headquarters' highest award for service to the organization in 1972.