Gwendolyn Margaret Lizarraga, MBE (11 July 1901 – 9 June 1975) commonly known as Madam Liz, was a Belizean businesswoman, women's rights activist and politician.

[2] As she conducted her business inspecting the chicle and mahogany camps, Lizarraga ignored convention, driving a land rover, wearing pants, carrying a gun, and smoking cigarettes.

From there she traveled north to Orange Walk Town, and then to Sand Hill, Benque Viejo and finally to the far southern, Punta Gorda.

[3] Recognizing that only landowners were eligible voters in British Honduras at that time, Madam Liz made special efforts to help women acquire property.

These women's parcels are located in what is today the Collet Constituency between Curassow, Elston Kerr and Gibnut Streets, bounded by North Creek.

Similarly when children were denied access to education because there was no money to prepare the site and construct a school in their poor and working-class neighborhood, Madam Liz and the UWG women began clearing the mangroves from the swamps with two-man handsaws.

[3] In 1969, she spearheaded a project to build low-cost housing in the neighborhoods of King's Park, Lake Independence and Queen's Square.

The Gwendolyn Lizarraga High School was named in her honor[4] and offers both secondary education and tertiary classes in a program held in conjunction with the University of Belize.