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Charlotte Whitton

Charlotte Whitton (1896 - 1975), full name Charlotte Elizabeth Whitton, was a Canadian feminist, journalist, writer, and the first woman mayor of Ottawa or any major city in Canada. She served two terms as mayor - first from 1951 to 1956 and second from 1960 to 1964.

Wisdom & Quotes

  • Whatever women do, they must do it twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.
- quoted in Canada Month, June 1963

Thornton Wilder

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