gained ground with the United Bahamian Party as well and in 1962, Bahamian women won the right to vote. In 1969, Isaacs was appointed as a Senator for the PLP, second woman Senator of the Bahamas, after Doris Sands Johnson who had been appointed in 1967. In the 1970s, Isaacs served on the board of the Licensing Authority. Awards and honours In 1974, Isaacs was granted the honorary title of Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. The award marked the first time the honour had been given to a Bahamian woman. The following year, Isaacs was honoured by the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association when they created an annual award bearing her name. The Dame Bertha Isaacs trophy is awarded at the Commonwealth Caribbean Lawn Tennis Championship to the female player who has demonstrated the highest standard of court behavior, quality of play and sportsmanship. Death and legacy Isaacs died in August 1997 in Nassau, Bahamas. In 2012, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of women gaining the vote in the Bahamas, a series of stamps was issued featuring prominent women's rights activists. Isaacs's likeness appears on the 70 cent stamp. Her great-grandson is former Bahamian Major League Baseball player and current San Francisco Giants First Base Coach Antoan Richardson who wears the number 00, representing her birth year to honor her legacy. She was also the sister-in-law of Bahamian lawyer and politician Sir Kendal Isaacs. References Citations Bibliography 1900 births 1997 deaths People from New Providence Women educators Bahamian female tennis players Members of the Senate of the Bahamas Progressive Liberal Party politicians Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Bahamian suffragists 20th-century Bahamian women politicians 20th-century Bahamian politicians