Carleton Place Almonte Canadian Gazette
Friday, October 21, 2022
After Carleton Place Coun. Linda Seccaspina was questioned for wearing a handmaid’s costume to a public event where she volunteered her time decorating Smile Cookies, a group of local ladies decided to bring the issues of women’s rights, equality and discrimination to light.
Resident Laura Piggott organized Blessed Be the Vote, which saw women dressed as handmaids attend the Carleton Place Public Library voting kiosk Oct. 18 to cast their ballot in the 2022 municipal election.Piggott claimed Seccaspina was “publicly shamed and subsequently bullied for wearing a handmaid’s costume and ironically accused of perpetuating the ideals of oppressive regimes when the handmaid’s costume has come to represent the fight for women’s rights.”
Thanks Tara
Miss Mildred Low 1930 Lanark County Politician — An Independent without Frills
Documenting the First Female Councillor in Carleton Place
Carleton Place Ladies Auxiliary — Chamber of Commerce 1987– Mary Cook Archives
Chamber of Commerce Then and Now in Carleton Place
It’s Hard for Women to get into Office in Carleton Place — 1974 –Mary Cook
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