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Ellen Woodsworth : ウィキペディア英語版 | Ellen Woodsworth
Ellen Woodsworth is a social activist and politician based in Vancouver, Canada. She is the great-niece of J. S. Woodsworth, founder and first leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (which became the NDP), and cousin of former NDP MP Grace MacInnis. She is the founder and chair of Women Transforming Cities International Society. She is currently considering running for the NDP nomination for the federal riding of Vancouver East (occupied by outgoing MP Libby Davies). Woodsworth sat on the Vancouver city council for six years, co-founding initiatives such as the World Peace Summit and Women Transforming Cities Society. Woodsworth also has more than 35 years’ experience in social activism in Canada. She has championed issues such as affordable housing and homelessness, electoral reform, environmental sustainability, women's rights, seniors' rights, LGTTBQ rights, racism, free trade, and economic equality. == Early Life and Education == Born in Toronto, to Jean and Ken Woodsworth, Woodsworth went to the Canadian Academy for high school in Japan before returning to Canada to complete her BA at the University of British Columbia. At university, she was elected to head the UBC Speakers' Bureau. Woodsworth was part of the Abortion Caravan to fight for women's right to choose. Woodsworth is the great-niece of J. S. Woodsworth, founder and first leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (which became the NDP), and cousin of former NDP MP Grace MacInnis.
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