Rose Henderson

Rose (Willis) Henderson (1871 - 30 January 1937) was a Canadian political activist and social reformer.[1]

Rose Mary Louise Willis was born in 1869 or 1871 in Dublin, Ireland to middle class parents of English ancestry. She moved to Canada in 1885 as a teenager. She married Charles Henderson, though the date and location of the marriage are unknown. The couple had a daughter, Ida, who was born in 1890 in Quebec. Rose's husband, Charles, died at Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal in January 1904. After Charles's death, Rose Henderson became an activist and social reformer on behalf of Montreal's working class districts.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://womensuffrage.org/?p=21062
  2. ↑ Campbell, Peter (2010-11-02). Rose Henderson: A Woman for the People. MQUP. pp. 4–. ISBN 9780773581166. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
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