Canada, Québec, Canadian women's, rights activists, right Marie Thérèse Casgrain
Marie Thérèse Casgrain was a French-Canadian women's rights activist, reformer, politician and senator. Was a leader in the fight for women's suffrage in the province of Quebec and the first woman to lead a political party in Canada.
Opposed nuclear weapons and a consumer advocate. A staunch federalist, one of her last political actions at the age of 83 was to intervene on the side of "no" in the 1980 referendum on Quebec sovereignty.
Canada, Québec, Canadian women's, rights activists, right Marie Thérèse Casgrain
Marie Thérèse Casgrain was a French-Canadian women's rights activist, reformer, politician and senator. Was a leader in the fight for women's suffrage in the province of Quebec and the first woman to lead a political party in Canada.
Opposed nuclear weapons and a consumer advocate. A staunch federalist, one of her last political actions at the age of 83 was to intervene on the side of "no" in the 1980 referendum on Quebec sovereignty.