Category Archives: 1974

From the archives: Thérèse Casgrain (Herstory 1974)

Posted on September 4, 2014 by ashleighmattern

Thérèse Casgrain is best known as the first woman to be elected the leader of a political party in Canada. From 1982 to 1990, and again from 2001 to 2010, the Thérèse Casgrain Volunteer Award was given to volunteers “whose … Continue reading →

Posted in 1974, From the archives, Quebec | Tagged Barbara Paterson, Canadian $50 note, child protection, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Party, Dorion Commission, Famous Five sculpture, Femina, League For Women's Rights, National Federation of Liberal Women, NDP, prison reform, Provincial Franchise Committee, Quebec, Quebec Social Democratic Party, suffrage, Therese Casgrain, Therese Casgrain Volunteer Award | Comments Off

From the archives: Violet McNaughton (Herstory 1974)

Posted on June 25, 2014 by ashleighmattern

Violet McNaughton came to Canada in November 1909 to join her father, William Delamark Jackson, who was farming in Saskatchewan. For a year she lived in a sod hut on the prairie, sleeping at night in a room which served … Continue reading →

Posted in 1974, From the archives, Saskatchewan | Tagged agriculture, Canada Council of Immigration of Women and Children, farm, farming, farms, Grain Growers Association, John McNaughton, Order of the British Empire, prairies, Progressive Party, Saskatchewan, sod hut, Violet McNaughton, Western Producer, William Delamark Jackson, Women's Grain Growers' Association, women's hostels, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Women's Section of the Canadian Council of Agriculture, women's suffrage | Comments Off

From the archives: Mary Cousins (Herstory 1974)

Posted on May 1, 2014 by ashleighmattern

Featured in the 1974 issue of Herstory, Mary Cousins (Feb. 22, 1938-April 22, 2007) was a nurse, teacher, journalist, ambassador for the North, and an Inuit rights activist. The entry in Herstory is short, and of course, only lists her … Continue reading →

Posted in 1974, From the archives, North, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec | Tagged Aboriginal Multi-Media Society, C.D.Howe, Department of Northern Affairs, Eastern Arctic Teacher Education Program, Gordon Robertson Education Centre, Hamilton, Inuit, Inuit rights, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Inukitut, Iqaluit, Mary Cousins, McGill University, Montreal, Nakasuk School, nursing, Ontario, Panigusiq, tuberculosis, Vanier Institute of the Family | Comments Off

From the archives: Cora Hind (Herstory 1974)

Posted on April 2, 2014 by ashleighmattern

Ella Cora Hind (Sept. 18, 1861-Oct. 6, 1942) was Western Canada’s first female journalist and a women’s rights activist. Cora Hind arrived in Winnipeg in 1882 at the age of 21, and after the Free Press (which made her forecasts … Continue reading →

Posted in 1974, From the archives | Tagged agriculture, Cora Hind, Free Press, University of Alberta, Western Canada, wheat, wheat inspection, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Free Press, women's rights activist | Comments Off

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Category Archives: 1974

From the archives: Thérèse Casgrain (Herstory 1974)

From the archives: Violet McNaughton (Herstory 1974)

From the archives: Mary Cousins (Herstory 1974)

From the archives: Cora Hind (Herstory 1974)

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