Fonds Acc3768 - P.E.I. Council of Women fonds

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P.E.I. Council of Women fonds

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CA PCA Acc3768

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  • 1968-1976 (Creation)
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    P.E.I. Council of Women

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.03 m of textual records

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P.E.I. Council of Women

Biographical history

Planning for the Council of Women of P.E.I. began at a meeting in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, in April of 1968, with the aim of forming a provincial branch of the National Council of Women (an umbrella group of women's organizations founded in 1893 in order to advocate and lobby for improvements to the conditions of women's lives). Over the course of its history the National Council has worked on issues such as suffrage, the legal status of women as persons, and divorce law.

The planning meeting in Charlottetown was attended by several representatives of local women's groups and by Mrs. Stanley Milne, the National President. An interim slate of officers was elected with Mrs. J. Gordon MacDonald as Chairman, Mrs. Jack McAndrew as Secretary, Mrs. Vernon Bolger as Treasurer, and three Vice Chairs: Mrs. Julian Herring, Mrs. Jack Walmsley, and Mrs. Ruth MacDonald. An organizational meeting followed in December of 1968, with the Zonta Club, United Church Women, Business and Professional Women, Anglican Church Women, and Eastern Star expressing interest in becoming charter members of the organization. By the time of the first annual meeting in May of 1969 membership encompassed 32 members in the Council, 26 organizational charters, and 7 individual members. The P.E.I. group had local council status within the national organization. The stated objectives of the organization were to: work closely with the National Council; organize new local councils; focus on matters of provincial concern with the purpose of spearheading new legislation at the provincial level; and to publicize the work carried out by the councils of women throughout Canada. Concerns of the P.E.I. Council included the implementation of a co-coordinated home care nursing program for the Island, day care programming, and the feasibility of a school lunch program.

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This fonds is comprised of the papers of the P.E.I. Council of Women, primarily a loose leaf set of minutes for the years 1968 to 1976. Meeting minutes include meeting notices, newspaper clippings, and financial information in addition to the account of the meetings. Also included are copies of the organization's constitutions: proposed and approved (1971), a membership listing and cumulative financial statement for 1969, and two publications produced by the National Council of Women of Canada: the pamphlet "Councils of Women in Canada Aims and Objectives" and the booklet "What's In It?", a study guide for nation-wide circulation and discussion.

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PERMISSION FOR USE AND REPRODUCTION IS REQUIRED FROM THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES AND RECORDS OFFICE; QUESTIONS REGARDING COPYRIGHT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER

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