Quebec feminists honoured with Canada Post stamps
Posted August 22, 2023 3:00 pm.
New stamps in honour of three Quebec feminists who played an important role in the fight for equality and social justice will be unveiled Monday by Canada Post.
Léa Roback
Roback used unionization to end the exploitation of women workers. A research centre on social inequalities in health in Montreal, the Centre Léa-Roback, was named in her honour. Also a street in Saint-Henri and a street in Quebec City, where she lived during her youth, bear her name. Roback died in 2000.
Madeleine Parent
Union organizer Parent, who died in 2012, is recognized for her defence of Indigenous women and for the advancement of unionism in Quebec.
She campaigned for many years for the improvement of working conditions in the textile industry.
Simonne Monet-Chartrand
A defender of human rights and pacifist, Monet-Chartrand is remembered for her involvement in the fight against nuclear projects.
She was co-founder of the Fédération des femmes du Québec (FFQ) and served as deputy director of the League for Human Rights and the League for Rights and Freedoms. Monet-Chartrand died in 1993.
Relatives of the three women will attend a ceremony Monday at the National Archives building in Montreal.
Canada Post says the stamps will be officially issued that same day.
—This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
