Martha Louise Black
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Martha Louise Black (February 24, 1866 – October 31, 1957) was a Canadian politician and the second woman elected to the Canadian House of Commons.
Born Martha Louise Munger in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Dawson and Susan Munger, she was educated at Saint Mary's College (Indiana).
In 1904, she married George Black, Commissioner of the Yukon. In 1935, she was elected to the House of Commons for the riding of Yukon as an Independent Conservative taking the place of her ill husband.
She published an autobiography, My Seventy Years, in 1938. In 1946, she was made an Officer of Order of the British Empire for her cultural and social contributions to the Yukon.
In 1917, she was made a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society for her series of lectures on the Yukon that she presented in Great Britain.
In 1997, Canada Post issued a $0.45 stamp in her honour.
[edit] References
- Martha Louise Black fonds. University of Waterloo. Retrieved on June 16, 2006.
[edit] External links
- Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament
- Martha Louise Black at The Canadian Encyclopedia
- Library and Archives Canada biography
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