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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.
She was a member of the
Un Français Libre parmi 52 200 - Marthe Simard
La citoyenneté politique des femmes
Assemblée nationale
Sénat
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.
She was a member of the Legion of Honor
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...
. Additionally, she was decorated with the Resistance Medal
The Resistance Medal (french: Médaille de la Résistance) was a decoration bestowed by the French Committee of National Liberation, based in the United Kingdom, during World War II. It was established by a decree of General Charles de Gaulle on 9 ...
and the Commemorative Medal for Volunteer Services in Free France.Debré and Bochenek, .p. 303 To commemorate her, the Place Marthe-Simard in the 14th arrondissement
The 14th arrondissement of Paris ( ), officially named ''arrondissement de l'Observatoire'' (; meaning "arrondissement of the Observatory", after the Paris Observatory), is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. It is situ ...
of Paris was named after her.
References
External links
Un Français Libre parmi 52 200 - Marthe Simard
La citoyenneté politique des femmes
Assemblée nationale
Sénat
Further reading
* Éric Amyot, ''Le Québec entre Pétain et de Gaulle'', Montréal, Fides, 1999 , lire en ligne rchive * 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 1901 births 1993 deaths People from Bordj Menaïel People of French Algeria Pieds-Noirs Members of the Provisional Consultative Assembly French emigrants to Canada Naturalized citizens of Canada 20th-century Canadian politicians 20th-century Canadian women politicians Knights of the Legion of Honour Recipients of the Resistance Medal {{France-politician-stub