Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Penney Kome
Publication Date: October 9, 2024 - 18:00
Health advocate Mona Forrest led the creation of Montreal women’s centre
October 9, 2024
Back in 1973, where others saw an empty nurses’ residence on Montreal’s St. Urbain Street – and Hôpital Sainte-Jeanne-D’Arc saw a future parking lot – Mona Forrest envisioned a 20-room women’s centre, including an auditorium. And within a year, she made that vision come true.The Women’s Centre of Montreal grew quickly, offering free legal and notarial advice, a clothing room, free counselling services, French classes for immigrants and refugees, vocational counselling, and a Christmas campaign providing not only food but also toys for children.
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