Meeting Alberta Lessard in the Archives

A celebration of her badassery and noncompliance

A black and white photo of a young Alberta Lessard, a white woman with brown hair and brown eyes, and wearing a jacket with buttons.

CN: involuntary commitment

(Alberta Lessard *might* have hated that I’m writing this. According to all accounts, she was not a sentimental person. I’m going to try as hard as I can to keep it cool.)

Alberta Lessard, I wish I…