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Thérèse Casgrain

Suffragist and senator · 1896-1981

Thérèse Casgrain
André Larose · Public domain

Fought fourteen years for Quebec women to get the provincial vote and then led a political party.

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Life story

  1. July 10, 1896 · Montreal
    Born in Montreal into a wealthy family
  2. 1928 · Montreal
    Became president of the Ligue des droits de la femme
  3. April 25, 1940 · Quebec City
    Quebec women won the provincial vote, twenty-two years after the federal one
  4. 1951 · Montreal
    Became the first woman to lead a political party in Canada, the Quebec CCF
  5. 1961 · Montreal
    Founded the Quebec branch of the Voice of Women peace movement
  6. October 1970 · Ottawa
    Appointed to the Senate; she opposed the War Measures Act that same month
  7. November 3, 1981 · Montreal
    Died in Montreal

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