Doris Anderson

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Doris Hilda Anderson, CC (10 November 1921^[1][2] – 2 March 2007^[3]) was a Canadian author, journalist and women's rights activist.

She was born in Calgary, Alberta as Hilda Doris Buck. She attended Crescent Heights High School and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alberta in 1945.^[4] From 1957 to 1977, she was editor of Chatelaine. She was a member of the Trilateral Commission, along with American neoconservatives, in the 1970s [1] She ran unsuccessfully for the Canadian House of Commons, as a Liberal in the 1978 by-election for the Toronto riding of Eglinton. She was then appointed chair of the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women in 1979. She worked for the inclusion of women's rights in the Canadian Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms (section 28). From 1982 to 1984, she was the president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women.

From 1984 to 1993, she was a columnist for the Toronto Star. She was chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island from 1992 to 1996. She was chair of the Ontario Press Council in 1998.

She married lawyer David Anderson in 1957.

In 1974 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 2002. She died on March 2, 2007 from lung and heart problems.

Anderson's final years were marked by ill health, from heart failure in 2001, then numerous other health problems which developed since a 2006 visit to Costa Rica. In February 2007, she was admitted to St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto but died there on March 2 at age 85 from pulmonary fibrosis.^[3]

[edit] Selected works

• Rebel Daughter (1996, ISBN 1-55013-767-0)
• The Unfinished Revolution: Status of Women in Twelve Countries, (1991, ISBN 0-385-25271-4)
• Affairs of State, (1988, 0-3852-5154-8)
• Rough Layout, (1981, ISBN 0-7710-0742-6)
• Two Women, (1978, ISBN 0-7705-1653-X)

[edit] References

1. ^ Anderson, Doris. "1", Rebel Daughter, an autobiography, 9. 
2. ^ Doris Anderson. Celebrating women's achievements. Library and archives Canada (2005-04-12). Retrieved on March 18, 2006.
3. ^ ^{a b} Martin, Sandra. "Women's rights champion Doris Anderson dies at 85", Globe and Mail, 2 March 2007. Retrieved on March 2, 2007.
4. ^ Anderson, Doris Hilda. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved on March 2, 2007. Note that this reference claims a 1925 birth year, contrary to other sources indicating 1921.