Marthe Simard Explained

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.^{[1] [2]}

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

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.^[3] To commemorate her, the Place Marthe-Simard in the 14th arrondissement of Paris was named after her.

External links

• Un Français Libre parmi 52 200 - Marthe Simard
• La citoyenneté politique des femmes, Assemblée nationale
• La liberté retrouvée, la souveraineté restaurée - Le vote des femmes, Sénat

Further reading

• Éric Amyot, Le Québec entre Pétain et de Gaulle, Montréal, Fides, 1999, lire en ligne [archive])
• Jean-Louis Debré, Valérie Bochenek, Ces femmes qui ont réveillé la France, Paris, Arthème Fayard, 2013, pp. 297–304
• Jean-Louis Debré, Les Oubliés de la République, Paris, Arthème Fayard, 2008
• Frédéric Smith, "La France appelle votre secours". Québec et la France libre, 1940-1945, VLB Éditeur, Montréal, 2012

Notes and References

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