Margaret Wade Labarge
Margaret Labarge | |
|---|---|
| Born | Margaret Wade July 18, 1916 |
| Died | August 31, 2009 (aged 93) |
| Other names | Polly Labarge |
| Spouse |
Raymond Labarge
(m. 1940; died 1971) |
| Children | 2 daughters and 2 sons |
| Parent(s) | Alfred Wade Cecilia Mein |
| Scholarly background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Academic advisor | Sir F. M. Powicke |
| Scholarly work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | Medieval history |
Margaret Wade Labarge CM FRSC (18 July 1916 – 31 August 2009) was a Canadian historian specializing in the role of women in the Middle Ages. She was adjunct professor of history at Carleton University.
Labarge attended Harvard and Oxford universities, and taught at the University of Ottawa before her move to Carleton. In 1982, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 1988, she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. She authored nine books about history.