The Prix Idola Saint-Jean is a prize awarded by the

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to recognize a woman or group of women who have made a significant contribution to improve conditions for women and to advance

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. It was first awarded in 1991. The prize was named in honour of

Idola Saint-Jean Idola Saint-Jean (May 19, 1880 – April 6, 1945) was a Quebec journalist, educator and feminist. She devoted her life to the pursuit of equal rights for women in Quebec and her efforts lead to women being given the right to vote in Quebec in ...

, who helped gain the right to vote for women in Quebec.

Prize recipients

*1991 - Collective Par et Pour Elle inc. de

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*1992 - Simonne Monet-Chartrand *1993 - Madeleine Parent *1994 - Nicole Dorin *1995 - Participants in the '' Du Pain et des Roses'' walk *1996 - Regroupement provincial des maisons d'hébergement et de transition pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale *1997 - Madeleine Lévesque et Shree Mulay *1998 - Centre de femmes L'Éclaircie de la

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*1999 -

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*2000 - Collectif des femmes immigrantes *2001 - Vivian Labrie *2002 - Centre d'éducation et d'action des femmes (CÉAF) *2003 - Éditions du remue-ménage *2006 - Ana-Maria Seghezzo D’Urbano *2007 - Intersyndicale des femmes with special mention of : L’autre Parole and la Table régionale des groupes de femmes Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine *2008 - Gisèle Bourret and Nicole Boily *2009 - Regroupement des centres de femmes du Québec *2010 -

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and France Cormier *2011 - Regroupement des femmes de la Côte-de-Gaspé *2012 - Micheline Dumont

References

{{reflist Quebec awards Women in Quebec Feminism in Canada