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Margaret Trudeau

マーガレット・トルードー　/　まーがれっと・とるーどー

Autobiographer from Canada

September 10, 1948 (age 77)　・　Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

British Columbia
autobiographer
advocate
writer

My Take

What strikes me most about Margaret Trudeau is that she refused to be a footnote in other people's biographies. Wife of one prime minister, mother of another — history handed her a supporting role, and she kept rewriting it as a lead. Through memoirs, acting, photography, and advocacy, she has insisted on telling her own story in her own voice, often with disarming honesty about her private struggles. I find that kind of candor braver than political power. Born in Vancouver in 1948, she has lived several lives in one, and the throughline is a stubborn, admirable refusal to be silent.

Overview

Margaret Joan Trudeau (née Sinclair; born September 10, 1948) is a Canadian activist and the mother of Justin Trudeau, the 23rd prime minister of Canada. She married Pierre Trudeau, the 15th prime minister of Canada, in 1971, three years after he became prime minister. They divorced in 1984, during his final months in office.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Margaret Trudeau
Name (Japanese): マーガレット・トルードー
Reading: まーがれっと・とるーどー
Born: September 10, 1948 (age 77)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Rat
Origin: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: autobiographer / advocate / writer / actor / photographer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Simon Fraser University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Trudeau

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