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Velma Demerson (September 4, – May 13, ) was a Canadian woman who was imprisoned in in Ontario for being in a relationship with a Chinese immigrant, Harry Yip. She wrote the book Incorrigible in her sixties about her experiences and spent the rest of her life in campaigning for an See more.
velma demerson biography channel

Velma demerson biography channel

Pregnant and without legal counsel, Velma was sentenced to two years in prison where she was tortured by a eugenicist doctor who attempted to abort her child.

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"On a May morning in , eighteen-year-old Velma Demerson and her lover were sharing breakfast when the police arrived to take her away.
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Velma Demerson, a lifelong activist and author who fought to have the government acknowledge the injustice of the Ontario Female Refuges Act, died on May 13, .