Simonne Monet-Chartrand


Simonne Monet-Chartrand was a Canadian activist. During the fifties, she played a role in marriage preparation services, parent's schools, parent-teacher associations, family unions and cooperatives.
In 1949 she was an advocate for asbestos strikers, and later was the co-founder for the Simone de Beauvoir Institute dedicated to feminist studies. She also co-founded the Federation des femmes du Quebec, the pacifist movement Voix des femmes, and the Movement for Nuclear Disarmament.
She was a radio and television writer and researcher for Radio Canada, was head of the public relations for the Syndicat des enseignants de Champlain, and was assistant director for the Human Rights League.

Biography

Monet-Chartrand was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Simonne was married to Michel Chartrand.
She was heavily into women rights, and feminism. She was a social activist and a speaker.

Books

She wrote two books; L'espoir et le défi de la paix and a four volume autobiography: Ma vie comme rivière. Her autobiography was first written and published in 1992, about a year before her death in her Richelieu, Quebec home. The premier second edition was put out shortly after her death. Later, a school in Montreal was named in her memory.