Marthe Simard

{{Short description|French politician (1901–1993)}}

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Marthe Marie Amélie Angèle Simard née Caillaud, later Reid-Simard (6 April 1901, Bordj Menaïel – 28 March 1993), was a Franco-Canadian politician.

Simard was the first French woman to sit in a parliamentary assembly.{{cite web|author=Frédéric Smith |url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lequebecetlesguerres.org%2Fla-premiere-femme-parlementaire-de-france-vivait-a-quebec%2F |title=La première femme parlementaire de France vivait à Québec – Le Québec et les guerres mondiales |publisher=Archive.wikiwix.com |date= |accessdate=2021-12-15}}{{cite web|author=Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam |url=http://www.racinesfrance.com/index.php?menu=presence&ssmenu=portraits&select=12 |title=Racines France |publisher=Racines France |date= |accessdate=2021-12-15}}

In December 1940, she founded the Free France Committee of Quebec.

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She was a member of the Legion of Honor. Additionally, she was decorated with the Resistance Medal and the Commemorative Medal for Volunteer Services in Free France.Debré and Bochenek, .p. 303 To commemorate her, the Place Marthe-Simard in the 14th arrondissement of Paris was named after her.