Thought for the Day

[bcholmes]

Provost was one of the lucky four who survived [the Montreal Massacre]. "At the time, I thought to be a feminist meant you had to be militant," says Provost, who today is overworked and feeling skittish as the anniversary approaches. She was the young woman who, from her hospital bed a couple days later, urged Canadian girls to not be frightened by the event and to pursue engineering careers. She was also my introduction to feminism in life, not just theory. And to the concept that the personal is political.

"I realized many years later that in my life and actions, of course I was a feminist. I was a woman studying engineering and I held my head up."

— "Lessons of the Montreal Massacre", The Toronto Star

Comments

[cynthia1960]

May the memory of these women be imperishable.