Margaret Wade Labarge
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Margaret Wade Labarge CM FRSC (1916–2009) was a Canadian historian specializing in the role of women in the Middle Ages. She was adjunct professor of history at Carleton University.
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Margaret Wade Labarge | |
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Born | Margaret Wade (1916-07-18)July 18, 1916 New York City, New York, US |
Died | August 31, 2009(2009-08-31) (aged 93) |
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Other names | Polly Labarge |
Spouse |
Raymond Labarge
(m. 1940; died 1971) |
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Academic advisors | Sir F. M. Powicke |
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Discipline | History |
Sub-discipline | Medieval history |
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Labarge attended Harvard and Oxford universities, and taught at the University of Ottawa before her move to Carleton. In 1982, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 1988, she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. She authored nine books about history.