Misplaced Pages

Congress of Canadian Women

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Canadian feminist organization

The Congress of Canadian Women (French: Congrès des femmes canadiennes) was a feminist organization created in March 1950 by the merger of several organizations, including the Housewives and Consumers Association. It was affiliated with the Women's International Democratic Federation. The Congress lobbied for women's equality including measures such as equal pay and public daycare. Rae Luckock was the organization's founding president. Former Labor-Progressive Party Member of Parliament Dorise Nielsen was also involved in founding the organization. The CCW was largely led by women associated with the communist Labor-Progressive Party and was also involved with the peace movement during the Cold War, facilitating meetings between people from the Soviet Union and Canadians, by inviting them to visit Canada.

There is a file of papers related to the Congress of Canadian Women in the Canadian Women's Movement Archive at the University of Ottawa Library. The Diefenbunker Museum in Ontario holds a peace campaign pin produced in the 1950s by the Congress of Canadian Women.

Notable members

References

  1. ^ "Conference for Canadian Women". Star-Phoenix. 1949-11-05. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-11-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Famous Canadian Women's Historic Timeline - 1950-1959". famouscanadianwomen.com.
  3. ^ Johnston, Faith (11 February 2018). A Great Restlessness: The Life and Politics of Dorise Nielsen. Univ. of Manitoba Press. ISBN 9780887553066 – via Google Books.
  4. Doyle, James (1 January 2006). Progressive Heritage: The Evolution of a Politically Radical Literary Tradition in Canada. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. ISBN 9780889208292 – via Google Books.
  5. "Women to March on Ottawa". The Montreal Star. 1963-10-05. p. 58. Retrieved 2023-11-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Canadian Press (1956-01-23). "May visitors from Russia". The Leader-Post. Regina, Saskatchewan. p. 6. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  7. "Congress of Canadian Women / Congrès des femmes canadiennes". University of Ottawa Archives and Special Collections. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  8. Hobson, Emily (2023-03-10). "25 Artifacts: I am a Woman for Peace". Diefenbunker Museum. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  9. "Local Women's Chapter Protests to the U.S." Nanaimo Daily News. 1952-08-06. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-11-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Marriage rules defined?". The Ottawa Citizen. 1966-11-25. p. 35. Retrieved 2023-11-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Asks Visas be Granted to Soviet Women". The Windsor Star. 1956-05-09. p. 53. Retrieved 2023-11-08 – via Newspapers.com.
Categories: