Sally Armstrong

Who is Sally Armstrong?

Sally Wishart Armstrong, CM is a Canadian journalist, documentary filmmaker, and human rights activist.

Born in Montreal, Quebec. Armstrong received a Bachelor of Education degree from McGill University in 1966 and a Master of Science degree from the University of Toronto in 2001. From 1975 to 1988, she worked for Canadian Living magazine. From 1988 to 1999 she was editor-in-chief of Homemakers magazine. She was a contributing editor of Maclean's from 2001 to 2010. In 2002, she was UNICEF's Special Representative to Afghanistan. She is the author of Mila, Veiled Threat: The Hidden Power of the Women of Afghanistan, The Nine Lives of Charlotte Taylor, Bitter Roots, Tender Shoots: The Uncertain Fate of Afghanistan's Women, and Ascent of Women: A New Age Is Dawning for Ever Mother's Daughter. In 2001, she was the scriptwriter for the documentary Falling from the Sky and Daughters of Afghanistan in 2003.