Dr. Charlotte Elizabeth Whitton Quotes (Images)

Charlotte Elizabeth Whitton was born in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. She was a Canadian feminist and mayor of Ottawa. She was the first female mayor of a major city in Canada, serving from 1951 to 1956 and again from 1960 to 1964. At Queen's, she also served as editor of the Queen's Journal newspaper in 1917; and was the newspaper's first female editor. From Queen's she became the founding director of the Canadian Council on Child Welfare from 1920 to 1941 and helped bring about a wide array of new legislation to help children.