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Celebrate Our Lives - Share Our Stories - Create Connection
Throughout history, women’s lives have been marginalized, overlooked, forgotten. History was the stuff of men’s lives and men’s stories....
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Pioneering! A Review of January by Marie Corbett
Brave, strong and courageous! With emotional depth and candor to plumb even the steeliest of hearts, Justice Corbett takes us on a...
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Essential Reading for Anyone Concerned with the Miscarriages of Justice in Cases Involving Sexual Assault
"This book is essential reading for anyone concerned with the miscarriages of justice in cases involving sexual assault. It should be...
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Honoring the Life of My Mother, Anne Hennessey Corbett McKee
After reading Marie Corbett's novels, it's evident that she and her mother didn't always see eye-to-eye. However, one thing they...
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Press Release Announces Marie Corbett's Novel "Breaking Ground"
COMING OF AGE IN THE 1960s A woman’s determination to be a lawyer in the pre-feminist era of free love and illegal abortion May 20, 2024:...
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An Excerpt from Breaking Ground by Marie Corbett on the subject of the Strictures of Catholicism
An excerpt from Breaking Ground: She told Deb what had happened. “He’s the most gorgeous man - I mean, gorgeous,” said Carmel. “And he...
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Breaking Ground Book Review by Linda Silver Dranoff
“Heartbreakingly honest. Vivid dialogue. The life of an early feminist in the 1960’s who didn’t yet know about feminism, but who lived...
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Breaking Barriers in 1973: How Marie Corbett Cleverly Gained Membership into the Empire Club of Canada
1973, January 4th, Toronto Star, By Mary Kate Rowan The Empire Club of Canada, established in 1903, has historically been an institution...
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Breaking Ground Book Review by J. Patrick Boyer
“…Marie Corbett touchingly portrays blunt and nuanced experiences, and the bold brave steps a woman may take. A rendering to treasure.”...
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Marie Corbett Featured on CBC Radio Reflecting on Feeling Powerless
CBC Radio Interview · Posted: Apr 12, 2016 8:44 AM EDT The Current by Anne Marie Tremonti "Former judge Marie Corbett quit her job as a...
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January : A Woman Judge’s Season of Disillusion Book Review by Tracey
Brilliantly written and deeply inspiring - the author does a great job of writing about the conflicts between outward accomplishments and...
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Marie Corbett Joins Global News Morning BC to Discuss her Memoir
APRIL 19, 2016 Tue, Apr 19: Former Superior Court Judge Marie Corbett joins Global News Morning to talk about her new memoir ‘January: A...
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Breaking Ground Book Review by Victoria Montgomery Brown
“The gripping story of a woman defying convention and charting her own path with enthralling passions woven throughout. A captivating...
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Women of Distinction Special Award, 1993, YWCA, in recognition of national impact for women of law reform activities and judicial decisions.
Marie Corbett receives Women of Distinction Special Award in 1993. Presented by the YWCA, in recognition of national impact for women of...
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Breaking Ground Book Review by Historian Author Margot Duley
“An absorbing and candid journey of self-discovery from a sheltered Catholic background where rules were rigidly clear into a changing...
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