Margaret Wade Labarge

Margaret Wade Labarge
Born
Margaret Wade

(1916-07-18)July 18, 1916
DiedAugust 31, 2009(2009-08-31) (aged 93)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nationality
Other namesPolly Labarge
Spouse
Raymond Labarge
(m. 1940; died 1971)
Scholarly background
Alma mater
Academic advisorsSir F. M. Powicke
Scholarly work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineMedieval history

Margaret Wade Labarge CM FRSC (1916–2009) 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.