Sabia, Laura Villela

Sabia, Laura Villela
▪ 1997

      Canadian feminist leader who rallied more than 30 women's lobbying groups that pressured Canada into establishing the Royal Commission on the Status of Women, which resulted in the founding in 1972 of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women; Sabia was also a successful broadcast journalist and columnist whose outspoken views often sparked controversy (b. Sept. 18, 1916—d. Oct. 17, 1996).

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  • Laura Sabia — (September 18 1916 ndash; October 17 1996) was a Canadian social activist and feminist.Born Laura Villela in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of Italian immigrants, she played an important part, as National Chair of the Committee for the Equality… …   Wikipedia

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