Linda Silver Dranoff: Lawyer, writer, activist Describing her upbringing as a traditional 1950s experience, Linda went to law school in 1969 and was instrumental and active in pressing for family law and other reforms over her long career. She was the founding chair of the Women Lawyers Forum, which is a place for women lawyers to meet and collaborate on systemic legal problems affecting women.
Linda led the campaign for Ontario's Family Law Act 1986 – providing for equal sharing of property accumulated by husband and wife during marriage.
She also lobbied to automatic cost of living adjustments in support payments, to support women raising children. She was a regular columnist for Chatelaine Magazine - “Ask a Lawyer” where she provided information and empowered women to better understand elements of the legal system.
Author of the several books including her recent book, Fairly Equal: Lawyering the Feminist Revolution, Linda has been recognised and awarded for her activist legal work including receiving a Governor’s General Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case in 2001, and 2021 appointed to the Order of Canada, and 2019 for Order of Ontario.
Host Debra Davis spoke to Linda Silver Dranoff on April 25, 2024.
This episode is produced by The Women’s History Project with thanks to the Canadian Women’s Foundation.
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