- SKU: 9780776637976
- BARCODE: 9780776637976
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She Dared to Succeed: A Biography of the Honourable Marie-P. Charette-Poulin - Paperback
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by Fred Langan (Author), Marie-Paule Charette-Poulin (Contribution by), John P. Manley (Introduction by)
She Dared to Succeed (in French, Elle a osé réussir), delves into the life of a woman who, for more than 30 years, broke multiple glass ceilings in the Canadian media and political worlds. Well-known in the broadcasting industry, she was propelled to the political forefront following her appointment to the Senate of Canada (1995) and her election as President of the Liberal Party of Canada (2006).
She had to overcome many challenges throughout her career: sexism, prejudice against single mothers and career women, wage disparities, and harassment in the workplace. Above all, she experienced the opprobrium reserved for Senate members--all of whom were exonerated--targeted as part of the Senate expenses scandal (2012-2016). In this book, she bears witness to the human cost of this chapter of Canadian history. This biography, with a foreword by the Hon. John Manley, is the fruit of impressive research by the author, who not only interviewed Madame Charette-Poulin at length, but also conducted 67 interviews, including with prominent Canadians such as Right Honourable Jean Chrétien and Brian Mulroney, the Honourable Sheila Copps, Sharon Carstairs, Mike Duffy, Hugh Segal, Céline Hervieux-Payette, Vivienne Poy, Linda Frum, Sheila Fraser, as well as judges Robert Desmarais, and Robert Del Frate. She dared to succeed... despite it all. Also available in French (Elle a osé réussir)Available in hardcover, trade paperback, and accessible PDF et ePUB formats.
Author Biography
Fred Langan is a Canadian author and journalist. He worked at the CBC for more than 40 years, and also freelanced for many domestic and foreign newspapers, including the Globe and Mail, The Economist, the New York Times and the Christian Science Monitor. He has published two novels and has ghost written 12 books. He continues to write obituaries for the Globe and Mail.
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