In Memoriam

Dec. 6th, 2007 04:33 pm
mousme: A view of a woman's legs from behind, wearing knee-high rainbow socks. The rest of the picture is black and white. (Canada)
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Fourteen young women were killed on this date eighteen years ago. They were in the wrong place at the wrong time, and most importantly they were the wrong gender.

Geneviève Bergeron, 21
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daigneault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviernick, 29
Barbara Maria Klucznik, 31
Maryse Laganière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 27
Sonia Pelletier, 23
Michèle Richard, 21
Annie St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 21

Today is Canada's National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. For those of you who are curious, here is the Wikepedia article on the Polytechnique Massacre.

Date: 2007-12-06 10:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] owldaughter.livejournal.com
Eighteen years. My gods. It feels so much more recent than that.

Date: 2007-12-06 10:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mousme.livejournal.com
Doesn't it, though? I was ten years old, and it feels like yesterday.

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