Marisa Ferretti Barth OQ (April 28, 1931 – March 28, 2021[1]) was a Canadian Senator.
[2] Born in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, Marisa Ferretti Barth was a social worker, human resources consultant and community organizer before her appointment to the Senate.
She founded the Regional Council of Italian-Canadian Seniors serving as its executive director since 1975 and also was a board member of the National Congress of Italian Canadians in the 1980s.
[3] She was appointed to the Senate on September 22, 1997 on the advice of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and represented the province of Quebec.
[4] In 2003, she was made a Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.