Article: Dr. Lucille: larger than life.

Lucille Teasdale, like many other bright young women growing up in Montreal during the 1950s, defied the strictures of a society run by a harshly oppressive church and a despotic government. She was an east-end girl who hung out in clubs, got intimate with men and read forbidden books. But Teasdale's rebellion went much further than a little Saturday night taboo-breaking. She was a rebel with a sense of purpose, a burning need to dignify the lives of the poor and vulnerable. Teasdale identified with the underclass so acutely that when she left her slum neighbourhood to study medicine she feared her identity might slip away; however, then she reaffirmed herself as ...

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