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Barbara Frum's daughter pays tribute

Broadcast Date: Oct. 16, 1996

In 1996, four years after the legendary Barbara Frum's death, her daughter Linda publishes a memoir called Barbara Frum: A Daughter's Memoir.

Sitting in her mother's lush garden in Toronto, Linda pays tribute to the remarkable woman with The Magazine's Hana Gartner.

Linda talks about her mother as the strong, pioneering female journalist who opened doors for women broadcasters.

She also remembers the passionate woman behind the tough veneer.

Linda muses about her mother's flamboyant fashion sense, her deep love of gardening and her enthusiasm for African art.

Barbara Frum's daughter pays tribute

• Barbara Frum believed Barbie dolls were the "handmaidens of evil" and the "ultimate enemy of womankind." She refused to buy her daughter a Barbie doll. Then one day an As It Happens listener sent Frum an extraordinary collection of hand-made Barbie clothes. Her daughter Linda eventually got her doll.

• The CBC and the University of Toronto, Frum's alma mater, established the Barbara Frum Memorial Award in Canadian Scholarship in 1993. It's awarded each year to a student entering the first year of a graduate program doing research related to Canada.

Barbara Frum's daughter pays tribute

Medium: Television

Program: The National Magazine

Broadcast Date: Oct. 16, 1996

Guest(s): Linda Frum

Host: Hana Gartner

Duration: 16:25

Clip of Greg Malone and Barbara Frum courtesy of Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television 2002.

Last updated:
July 21, 2009