Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: June 24, 1985
• Invested on: October 30, 1985

A Toronto lawyer and civil rights activist, she was one of the most influential leaders of the 1980-81 Ad Hoc Committee of Canadian Women on the Constitution. This apparently instantaneous galvanization of women from across the country won a guarantee of equality between the sexes which was the greatest step forward for Canadian women since the Persons Case of 1929.