Simonne Monet-Chartrand

Simonne Monet-Chartrand
Born(1919-11-04)November 4, 1919
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
DiedJanuary 18, 1993(1993-01-18) (aged 73)
Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
Alma materUniversité de Montréal
Political partyBloc populaire
Rhinoceros Party
SpouseMichel Chartrand
ChildrenAlain Chartrand
RelativesDominique Monet (grandfather)

Simonne Monet-Chartrand (November 4, 1919 – January 18, 1993) was a Canadian labor activist, feminist writer, and pacifist.[1]

She was an advocate for syndicalist causes and a proponent of women in the labor movement. A co-founder of Concordia University's Simone de Beauvoir Institute, dedicated to feminist studies, Monet-Chartrand also co-founded the Federation des femmes du Quebec, the pacifist movement Voix des Femmes, and the Movement for Nuclear Disarmament.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Monet-Chartrand, Simonne". The Canadian Encyclopedia. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2017-09-20. Retrieved 30 December 2010.