Sauvé, Jeanne National Historic Person

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Jeanne Sauvé, 16 April 1987 © Harry Palmer/Library and Archives Canada | Harry Palmer/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada /PA-182418
Jeanne Sauvé, 1987
© Harry Palmer/Library and Archives Canada | Harry Palmer/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada /PA-182418
Photograph depicting Jeanne Sauvé, former Governor General of Canada, in Monteal, Quebec. Title taken from the publication: Woodley, Barbara. "Portraits: Canadian Women in Focus", Doubleday Canada, 1992 (AMICUS No. 10848837). © Barbara Woodley / Brasseries Labatt Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada | Library and Archives CanadaJeanne Sauvé, 16 April 1987 © Harry Palmer/Library and Archives Canada | Harry Palmer/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada /PA-182418
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Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 2025-02-07
Life Date: 1922 to 1993

Other Name(s):
  • Jeanne Sauvé  (Designation Name)
Research Report Number: 2024-06, 2025-06-A

Importance: Well-known journalist and commentator, elected to the House of Commons, Minister, first woman appointed Governor General of Canada, pioneering female and French Canadian figure in a number of areas