Retirement
Davidson retired from public life in 1972 but remained active by writing a column for the Toronto Sun. Davidson remained active right up until her death. She was diagnosed with cancer and died in hospital at the age of 76, just before her 77th birthday.
When she retired from East York politics the borough named a senior's residence after her, the True Davidson Acres. In 1971 she was awarded an honorary doctorate from Victoria College as a Doctor of Sacred Letters. Davidson was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1973, received the Queen’s Jubilee Medal in 1977 and, just before her death in 1978, was awarded an honorary doctorate from York University, where she had recently enrolled as a doctoral student in Canadian literature. After her death, the True Davidson Collection of Canadian Literature was established at York University, based on donation of her personal papers.
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