Lena Pedersen

Lena (Elizabeth Magdalena) Pedersen
Born1940
Greenland
NationalityCanadian Inuit
OccupationPolitician
SpouseRed Pedersen

Lena (Elizabeth Magdalena) Pedersen[1] or Lena Pederson (born 1940, Greenland) is a politician and social worker from Nunavut, Canada. In 1959, she moved from Greenland to the Northwest Territories and lived in Coppermine (Kugluktuk), Pangnirtung and Rae (Behchoko) before moving to Cape Dorset where she participated in the artwork sales of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Lena (Elizabeth Magdalena) Pedersen First woman elected to the Northwest Territories Council". Library and Archives Canada. April 12, 2005. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-08.