- Florence Storgoff
Florence "Big Fanny" Storgoff A member of the
Freedomites born in Canora,Saskatchewan in 1908 and diedSeptember 11 1964 . She moved to live with theDoukhobors soon after marriage. She became linked to the then militantFreedomites element at some point. In that movement her and her husband strongly protested against the government. This led to her spending three years in theKingston Penitentiary for women forarson . She gained attention in 1963 when she led the "Trek" involving hundreds of Freedomites camping out at Agassiz Mountain Prison to protest the arrest of fellow members.External links
* [http://famouscanadianwomen.com/on%20the%20job/religious.htm Brief bios of Canadian women religious figures]
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