User:Princessbubblegum2/Linda Matar

Linda first realized the injustices towards Lebanese workers in society at age 12, when she stopped going to school to work in a silk factory and had to attend classes at night to provide financially for her parents. Subsequently, Jean Said Makdisi stated in an interview about Linda : “Unlike her contemporaries, Matar was a feminist who came from the factories. She had a different socialization. She knew about feminist theorists like Simone de Beauvoir, though she did not necessarily read them in her time; her feminist stance was grounded in her experience as a working woman.”

Linda then, at age seventeen, got married and It is also suggested that she had kids as well.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization held a tribute to honor Linda Matar's achievements, where she thanked her kids for their support and apologized for not being an attentive mother, as she was more invested in her work, rather than her kids. Later, at 90 years old, Matar had 8 great-grandchildren, 8 grandchildren, and 3 children.