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From the archives: Violet McNaughton (Herstory 1974)
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
From the archives: Cora Hind (Herstory 1974)
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
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