Sarah's Magical Blog: Kim Campbell

One woman in my opinion who has done something that is a large step forward for women is Kim Campbell, who was the first female Prime Minister of Canada. Something that I thought was very interesting was she was born in Port Alberni, BC (which is on Vancouver Island). She was elected into office for the Progressive Party of Canada on June 25, 1993, becoming the first female leader of Canada. Although her run was a short one. In October 1993 she retired from politics when Canada chose a new Liberal government. One other thing that interested me was that her real name was Avril Phaedra, and when her mom left the family, (Kim was 12) she renamed herself Kim. She went to Prince of Wales Secondary School, and became the first girl to be elected as class president. And in 1964 when she went to UBC, and became the first female freshman president. Also, while she was an early teenager, she was a reporter on a CBC program called Junior Television Club. For a period of time she was married to Nathan Divinsky, although they later divorced. She is now living in Paris, France with her common law husband Hershey Felder.