Marthe Simard
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Marthe Marie Amélie Angèle Simard née Caillaud, later Reid-Simard (6 April 1901 – 28 March 1993), was a Franco-Canadian politician.
Simard was the first French woman to sit in a parliamentary assembly.[1][2]
In December 1940, she founded the Free France Committee of Quebec.[1]
She was a member of the Legion of Honor. She was also decorated with the Resistance Medal and the Commemorative Medal for Volunteer Services in Free France.[3] The Place Marthe-Simard in the 14th arrondissement of Paris commemorates her.
References[]
- ^ a b Frédéric Smith. "La première femme parlementaire de France vivait à Québec – Le Québec et les guerres mondiales". Archive.wikiwix.com. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
- ^ Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam. "Racines France". Racines France. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
- ^ Debré and Bochenek, .p. 303
External links[]
- Un Français Libre parmi 52 200 - Marthe Simard
- La citoyenneté politique des femmes, Assemblée nationale
- La liberté retrouvée, la souveraineté restaurée - Le vote des femmes, Sénat
Further reading[]
- Éric Amyot, Le Québec entre Pétain et de Gaulle, Montréal, Fides, 1999 ISBN 9782762120882, lire en ligne [archive])
- Jean-Louis Debré, Valérie Bochenek, Ces femmes qui ont réveillé la France, Paris, Arthème Fayard, 2013, pp. 297-304 ISBN 9782213671802
- Jean-Louis Debré, Les Oubliés de la République, Paris, Arthème Fayard, 2008 ISBN 9782213637099
- Frédéric Smith, "La France appelle votre secours". Québec et la France libre, 1940-1945, VLB Éditeur, Montréal, 2012
Categories:
- 1901 births
- 1993 deaths
- 20th-century Canadian politicians
- 20th-century Canadian women politicians
- Naturalized citizens of Canada
- French politician stubs