Judith Lawrence
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Judith Lawrence is a Canadian puppeteer, who was associated with the long-running CBC children's television program Mr. Dressup. Her most famous characters were Casey and Finnegan, although she also created other occasional characters, such as Aunt Bird and Alligator Al. Judith was born is Australia and came to Canada at age 22, earning her living as a kindergarden teacher. Talent & an audition got her to CBC. Judith also wrote many books in The Young Canada Reading Series for Thomas Nelson . Judith co-authored a series of books for D C Heath on women and work. In the 1960s she co-founded The Voice of Women. In the 1970s she was on the first NAC (National Action Committee of Women). She continued her Peace and Feminist views through newspapers like Broadside. Her work brought her the Order of Canada. Judith retured from Toronto to Hornby Island, British Columbia where she became 'mayor' of the island, a designer of the world famous recycling depot, and a farmer/environmentalist.
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