Rosemary Brown was a Canadian politician that was born in Kingston Jamaica on 17th June 1930. She was raised by her mother and grand-mother, since her father died when she was very young. She grew up in a middle class neighbourhood and she described her childhood being supportive and safe, in a house ruled by women. Rosemary Brown came to Canada on 10th August 1950 to get an education at McGill University in Montreal. She was shocked by the sexism and racism she experienced while she was trying to obtain housing or summer jobs or just trying to fit into her university life. Although Rosemary Brown faced many obstacles, she worked very hard and earned a Bachelor of Art degree from McGill in 1955. She worked to put an end to the racial barriers within Canadian society. As a determined feminist, Rosemary Brown worked hard to stimulate justice, equality for women and minorities and human rights. She began her public service activities around 1955. After her education at McGill University, Rosemary Brown pursed her career in social work. She got involved in two social …show more content…
MATCH International Women’s Fund was an advocacy group that she served as the CEO for three years; she held other positions afterwards. She taught Women’s Studies as a professor at Simon Fraser University from 1987 to 1988. From 1993 to 1998 she was a member of the Canadian Security Intelligence Review Committee, this was one of the various boards that she was part of. Rosemary Brown won many honours, which included honorary degrees from many universities and also got selected as an officer of the Order of Canada in 1996, because of her extensive community service. She also got awarded many national as well as international distinctions. She passed away on April 26 2003 at the age of 72 because of a heart attack in Vancouver, British Columbia. On February 2009, she got featured on a postage