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Josie Dinan Quart fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1974-1979.

Reference:

R3932-0-1-E, MG32-C54

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103497

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Josie Dinan Quart fonds
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Date(s):

1974-1979.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

0.1 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of a short biography of Jesie Dinan Quart written by her secretary, Carmen Pickard in 1974, and a covering letter by Carmen Pickard, 1979.

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Quart, Josie Dinan, 1895-1980

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Quart, Josie Dinan, 1895-1980 : Josie Dinan Quart, born in 1895 at Quebec City, Que., received her education from St. Lewis Academy, Quebec, and New England Conservatory, Boston, Mass. Married in 1916, Josie Quart spent a life time working with many volunteer political and charitable, and women's organizations, provincially, federally, and internationally. She received a number of awards including, the George and Mary Medal for community service, 1935, the Order of the British Empire for her War work, 1944, The Centennial Medal, 1967, and The Coronation Medal, 1977.

In 1960, Josie Quart was appointed to the Senate. A life-time Conservative, some of her activities included the Canadian delegation to the United Nations, 1957, representative on the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women in Geneva in 1958, in New York in 1959, and in Buenos Aires in 1960. On frequent occasions, she was representative to the various Commonwealth Parliamentarians' Conferences. She was founder of the United Nations Association for Quebec and was on the executive of a host of women's, business, and charitable associations.

See also, Canadian Parliamentary Guide, for further information.

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General note:

Received in 1982 from Michael Quart of Kanata, Ont.
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Josie Dinan Quart - Biography Canada. Parliament. Senate, 19-

Carman Pickard - Correspondence, 1979

Women in politics - Canada
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Private

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MG32-C54
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Volume [MG32 C 54] 1

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