Charlotte Whitton
Canadian politician (1896-1975)
Charlotte Elizabeth Whitton OC CBE (March 8, 1896 – January 25, 1975) was a Canadian feminist and mayor of Ottawa. She was the first woman mayor of a major city in Canada, serving from 1951 to 1956 and again from 1960 to 1964. Whitton was a Canadian social policy pioneer, leader and commentator, as well as a journalist and writer.
Quotes
edit- Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.
- In Canada Month (June, 1963), and Arlington Heights Herald (August 26, 1965), p. 49
