Beatrice Alice Brigden (1894-1977)

Politician.

Born in Manitoba, she spent her early years in eastern Canada and was educated at the Toronto Conservatory School. After returning to Brandon she was active in the Independent Labor Party (later the CCF, then the NDP). She was a frequent candidate in elections. Brigden organized the Manitoba Women’s Model Parliament and was a member of the Manitoba Human Rights Commission. In 1970, she was awarded a Manitoba Centennial Medal by the Manitoba Historical Society and she received the Manitoba Golden Boy Award for good citizenship. Brandon University awarded her an honorary degree in 1973.

More information:

Beatrice Brigden and Radicalism in the Methodist Church by Tom Mitchell
Manitoba History, Number 19, Spring 1990

“Beatrice Brigden: The Formative Years of a Socialist Feminist, 1888-1932” by Allison Campbell (MA thesis, University of Manitoba, 1991).

Sources:

“Brigden knows women’s rights story” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 October 1971.

Profile revised: 6 October 2009

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