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Camille Lessard Bissonnette | 1883-1970

Marker Location: 223 Lisbon Street, Lewiston, Maine

Camille Lessard Bissonnette was born in Ste-Julie-de-Mégantic, QC, and moved to Maine from Laurierville, Quebec, CA in 1904. She was a feminist in the early 1900s, before the concept of feminism was more widely known.

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Camille Lessard Bissonnette | 1883-1970

Marker Location: 223 Lisbon Street, Lewiston, Maine