Jeanne Corbin
Jeanne Corbin (March 1906 – 7 May 1944) was a communist activist and trade union organiser in Canada.[1]
Corbin and her family emigrated from France to Canada in 1911. After landing in Newfoundland, the family made their way to a farm near Edmonton, Alberta.
In high school, she joined the Young Communist League of Canada. Later, she was a member of the Workers' Defense League. An active member of the Communist Party of Canada, she is considered a "Party heroine" of the CPC.[2]
She died at the age of 38 due to tuberculosis.
References
- ^ Lévesque, Andrée (2006). Red Travellers: Jeanne Corbin & Her Comrades. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 978-0-7735-6019-2.
- ^ Lévesque, Andrée (2004). "Corbin, Jeanne". The Oxford Companion to Canadian History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-541559-9. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
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