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Bertha Allen
Women's rights advocate
Bertha Allen | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bertha Moses |
| Died | 7 May |
| Occupation | Activist |
Bertha Allen (née Moses; &#; 7 May ) was a Vuntut Gwitchin women's rights and aboriginal rights advocate.[1]
Early life and education
Allen was born in Old Crow, Yukon, and raised by her grandparents.
At the age of 12, she was sent to a mission school in Aklavik, where she studied for 5 years.[citation needed] She attended Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton, formerly known as Grant MacEwan Community College, to take courses in life-skill coaching and leadership.[2]
Career
Allen strove to improve health services in the Northwest Territories through 10 years of volunteer work with the Territorial Hospital Insurance Services Board.
For 5 years, she served as a volunteer for the Inuvik Medical Transient Centre. In , she became a member of the Council of Grandmothers where she served as the liaison between the elde