Margaret Meagher
Appearance
Blanche Margaret Meagher | |
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![]() Margaret Meagher, Canadian Ambassador to Israel, with Israel's President Yizhak Ben-Zvi, on Israel's Independence Day 1959 | |
Born | |
Died | February 25, 1999 Halifax, Nova Scotia | (aged 88)
Known for | Canada's first woman ambassador |
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Blanche Margaret Meagher, OC (January 27, 1911 – February 25, 1999) was a Canadian diplomat and, in 1958, was appointed Canada's first woman ambassador.
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, she was the Canadian ambassador to Israel (1958 to 1961), Austria (1962 to 1966) and Sweden (1969 to 1973). She also served in Mexico and England. She was also high commissioner to Cyprus, Kenya and Uganda, and chaired the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors.
In 1974, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
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Categories:
- 1911 births
- 1999 deaths
- Ambassadors of Canada to Israel
- Ambassadors of Canada to Austria
- Ambassadors of Canada to Sweden
- Canadian people of Irish descent
- Officers of the Order of Canada
- People from Halifax, Nova Scotia
- International Atomic Energy Agency officials
- High Commissioners of Canada to Cyprus
- High Commissioners of Canada to Uganda
- High Commissioners of Canada to Kenya
- Canadian women diplomats