Marthe Simard
Marthe Marie Amélie Angèle Simard née Caillaud, later Reid-Simard (6 April 1901, Bordj Menaïel – 28 March 1993), was a Franco-Canadian politician. Simard was the first French woman to sit in a parliamentary assembly. In December 1940, she founded the Free France Committee of Quebec. She was a member of the Legion of Honor. Additionally, she was decorated with the Resistance Medal and the Commemorative Medal for Volunteer Services in Free France. To commemorate her, the Place Marthe-Simard in the 14th arrondissement of Paris was named after her. References

External links
 Un Français Libre parmi 52 200 - Marthe Simard
 La citoyenneté politique des femmes, Assemblée nationale
 La liberté retrouvée, la souveraineté restaurée - Le vote des femmes, Sénat

Further reading
 Éric Amyot, Le Québec entre Pétain et de Gaulle, Montréal, Fides, 1999 , lire en ligne [archive])
 Jean-Louis Debré, Valérie Bochenek, Ces femmes qui ont réveillé la France, Paris, Arthème Fayard, 2013,  pp. 297–304 
 Jean-Louis Debré, Les Oubliés de la République, Paris, Arthème Fayard, 2008 
 Frédéric Smith, "La France appelle votre secours". Québec et la France libre, 1940-1945, VLB Éditeur, Montréal, 2012

1901 births
1993 deaths
People from Bordj Menaïel
People of French Algeria
Pieds-Noirs
Members of the Provisional Consultative Assembly
French emigrants to Canada
Naturalized citizens of Canada
20th-century Canadian politicians
20th-century Canadian women politicians
Knights of the Legion of Honour
Recipients of the Resistance Medal