Margaret Wade Labarge
Margaret Wade Labarge | |
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| Born | Margaret Wade July 18, 1916 New York City, New York, US |
| Died | August 31, 2009 (aged 93) |
| Nationality |
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| Other names | Polly Labarge |
| Spouse |
Raymond Labarge
(m. 1940; died 1971) |
| Scholarly background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Academic advisors | Sir F. M. Powicke |
| Scholarly work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | Medieval 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.