Thérèse Casgrain

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About Thérèse Casgrain

Marie Thérèse Casgrain was a Canadian feminist, reformer, politician and senator. She was a leader in the fight for women's right to vote in the province of Quebec, as well as the first woman to lead a political party in Canada. In her later life she opposed nuclear weapons and was a consumer activist. A strong federalist, one of her last political actions, at age 83, was to intervene on the "No" side in the 1980 Quebec sovereignty referendum.

Before fame

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Birthday context

Thérèse Casgrain appears in the History & Public Life category and the July 10 birthday index. Related browsing tags include History & Public Life, Historical, Canadian.