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Charlotte Elizabeth Whitton 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.

✵ 8. March 1896 – 25. January 1975
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Charlotte Whitton Quotes

“A student directing Chatlotte Whitton to a parking place at Champlain High School called her Mrs. Whitton. Charoltte Whitton replied to the student, "Mrs. Whitton? My dear girl, no man has had that privilege."”

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“Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought of half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.”

Charlotte Whitton

Quoted in Canada Month, June 1963

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