Florence Storgoff

Florence Storgoff

Florence "Big Fanny" Storgoff A member of the Freedomites born in Canora, Saskatchewan in 1908 and died September 11 1964. She moved to live with the Doukhobors soon after marriage. She became linked to the then militant Freedomites element at some point. In that movement her and her husband strongly protested against the government. This led to her spending three years in the Kingston Penitentiary for women for arson. 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]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Freedomites — Freedomites, also called Svobodniki or Sons of Freedom, first appeared in 1902 in Saskatchewan, Canada, and later in the Kootenay and Boundary districts of British Columbia, as a Doukhobor extremist group. Of the about 20,000 Doukhobor living in… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”