Dame Janet Gwennett Bostwick DBE (née Musgrove; born 30 October 1939) is a Bahamian lawyer and politician.
[1] In 1957, she began working as a stenographer in the Legal Department of the Bahamas and by 1961 had become the private secretary of the Attorney General.
[2] Between 1967 and 1971, she served as an Administrative Officer of the Legal Department and attended law school,[2] earning her membership to the Bahamas Bar Association in 1971.
[2][5] In 1977, Bostwick was appointed as a Senator[2] and in the 1982 Bahamian general election, she ran as a candidate of the Free National Movement (FNM) winning her race and becoming the first woman to serve in the House of Assembly.
[1] Her appointment as Attorney General marked the first time a woman had served in that capacity.