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Marie Lacoste-Gérin-Lajoie, Quebec feminist

Marie Lacoste with Henri Gérin-Lajoie, January 1887. Henri Gérin-Lajoie et Marie Lacoste, 11 janvier 1887 · Unknown author · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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For more than 40 years Marie Lacoste-Gérin-Lajoie worked to improve the lives of women in Quebec. In 1907 she co-founded the Fédération nationale Saint-Jean-Baptiste, an important French-Canadian feminist association, which she led from 1913 to 1933 while writing for its review La Bonne Parole. She campaigned for women’s suffrage, access to higher education and, through the 1931 Civil Code reform, the rights of married women.

Scope & context

Lacoste-Gérin-Lajoie as described in her designation.

Sources behind this record

Marie Lacoste-Gérin-Lajoie National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

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