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French politician (1901–1993)
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Marthe Simard, 23 August 1944

Marthe Marie Amélie Angèle Simard née Caillaud, later Reid-Simard (6 April 1901, Bordj Menaïel – 28 March 1993), was a Franco-Canadian politician.

Simard was the first French woman to sit in a parliamentary assembly.

In December 1940, she founded the Free France Committee of Quebec.

Place Marthe Simard, Paris 14ème

She was a member of the Legion of Honor. Additionally, she was decorated with the Resistance Medal and the Commemorative Medal for Volunteer Services in Free France. To commemorate her, the Place Marthe-Simard in the 14th arrondissement of Paris was named after her.

References

  1. ^ Frédéric Smith. "La première femme parlementaire de France vivait à Québec – Le Québec et les guerres mondiales". Archive.wikiwix.com. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  2. Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam. "Racines France". Racines France. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  3. Debré and Bochenek, .p. 303

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Further reading

  • Éric Amyot, Le Québec entre Pétain et de Gaulle, Montréal, Fides, 1999 ISBN 9782762120882, lire en ligne )
  • 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


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