Veronica Strong-Boag

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Veronica Strong-Boag

Born1947 (age 7677)
Prestwick, Scotland
NationalityCanadian
Academic background
Education
Thesis The Parliament of Women (1975)
Doctoral advisor Michael Bliss
School or tradition Feminism
Institutions University of British Columbia

Veronica Jane Strong-Boag CM FRSC (born 1947 in Prestwick, Scotland) is a Canadian historian specializing in the history of women and children in Canada. She is a Professor Emerita at the University of British Columbia, where she was Professor of Women's History and the founding Director of the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies. [1]

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Career and honours

Strong-Boag obtained her BA in History from the University of Toronto in 1970, her MA from Carleton University in 1971, and her PhD from the University of Toronto in 1975. Her PhD thesis, completed under the supervision of Michael Bliss, was subsequently published as The Parliament of Women. In addition to UBC, she has served as a faculty member at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, Concordia University in Montreal, and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. [2] She served as president of the Canadian Historical Association from 1993 to 1994. [3] Strong-Boag is the director of the advocacy website womensuffrage.org. [4]

Strong-Boag has been award numerous accolades throughout her career. In 1988 she won the Sir John A. Macdonald Award (now the CHA Best Scholarly Book in Canadian History Prize) for her study of the lives of women in Canada between the wars, entitled The New Day Recalled. [5] She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2001 and in July 2012 she became the second woman to be awarded the society's J. B. Tyrrell Historical Medal "for outstanding work in the history of Canada." [6] [7] In 2019 Strong-Boag was appointed a member of the Order of Canada, with her citation recognizing her as "one of the great trailblazers in the field of Canadian history" whose "professional leadership and her groundbreaking research have made her a key figure in recognizing feminist history in Canada and abroad." [8] She received an honorary doctorate from the University of Guelph in October 2018.

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References

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  2. "Veronica Strong-Boag" . Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  3. "Veronica Strong-Boag | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  4. "Veronica Strong-Boag | The Social Justice Institute". grsj.arts.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  5. "Veronica Strong-Boag | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  6. "Fellows | The Royal Society of Canada". rsc-src.ca. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  7. "Past Award Winners | The Royal Society of Canada". rsc-src.ca. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  8. Governor General of Canada, "Governor General to Invest 37 Recipients into the Order of Canada During a Ceremony at Rideau Hall." Retrieved 2020-07-23.
Professional and academic associations
Preceded by President of the
Canadian Historical Association

1993–1994
Succeeded by
Awards
Preceded by J. B. Tyrrell Historical Medal
2012
Succeeded by