Category Archives: Saskatchewan

This week in Herstory: Annie Maude McKay

Posted on December 23, 2014 by ashleighmattern

Herstorian Ashleigh Mattern reflects on writing this week’s profile about Annie Maude McKay, and the help she received from historian Duff Spafford, who died in May 2014. I first learned about Annie Maude (Nan) McKay from University of Saskatchewan historian … Continue reading →

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This week in Herstory: Ruth Robinson

Posted on August 27, 2014 by herstorycalendar

The week of Aug. 25 to 31 in the 2014 issue of Herstory: The Canadian Women’s Calendar, we feature Ruth Robinson, who attended the issue’s launch last fall. Join us at our launch for the 2015 calendar at McNally Robinson … Continue reading →

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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 →

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