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          314 Archival description results for Women and girls

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          ON00120 023-1-.1-5-.385-1 · Item · September 1943
          Part of Sudbury Star

          One image of Olive Kennedy and Jennie Neil, two of the first women to be hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in Sudbury, Ontario, using rags to shine a train engine at the CPR railway yard in Sudbury.

          385-30
          ON00120 023-1-.1-5-.385-2 · Item · September 1943
          Part of Sudbury Star

          One image of Myrtle Pearson (left) and Julia Patrash, two of the first women to be hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in Sudbury, Ontario, using rags to clean and shine a train engine at the CPR railway yard in Sudbury.

          382-44
          ON00120 023-1-.1-5-.382-2 · Item · August 25, 1943
          Part of Sudbury Star

          One image of 'Miss Sudbury' winner June Elva Holnuty standing on a dock at Bell Park in Sudbury, Ontario while holding her first place red crest and a bouquet of roses. A young boy is standing on the diving board behind her.

          382-42
          ON00120 023-1-.1-5-.382-1 · Item · August 25, 1943
          Part of Sudbury Star

          One image of 'Miss Sudbury' winner June Elva Holnuty standing at the end of a diving board at Bell Park in Sudbury, Ontario and holding a bouquet of roses. Six people can be seen on Lake Ramsey behind her in a canoe and on a raft.

          277-37
          ON00120 023-1-.1-4-.277-4 · Item · April 22, 1942
          Part of Sudbury Star

          One image of Evelyn Disley standing behind a table with her mother, Mrs. P. Disley, during her going-away party at the Oddfellow's Hall in Sudbury, Ontario, which was held to celebrate her departure to Ottawa, Ontario for training with the Royal Canadian Air Force (Women's Division) during the Second World War.

          277-35
          ON00120 023-1-.1-4-.277-3 · Item · April 22, 1942
          Part of Sudbury Star

          One image of Evelyn Disley standing behind a table with her mother, Mrs. P. Disley, and sister, Jean Disley, during her going-away party at the Oddfellow's Hall in Sudbury, Ontario, which was held to celebrate her departure to Ottawa, Ontario for training with the Royal Canadian Air Force (Women's Division) during the Second World War.

          Soroptimist Scrapbook
          ON00120 029-1 · Item · 1949 - 1974
          Part of Soroptimist Club of the Sudbury Nickel District

          Item is a scrapbook, created by the Soroptimist Club of the Sudbury Nickel District, to document their history from its inception on January 30, 1949 to their 25th anniversary in 1974. This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings regarding the formation of the Soroptimist Club of the Sudbury Nickel District, an invitation to the inaugural meeting along with two programs for the Soroptimist International Association Eastern Canada Region of the American Federation of Soroptimist Clubs Installation of Officers and Charter Dinner at Sudbury, Ontario, the Soroptimist Pledge, and a Soroptimist International Association pamphlet. One of the first large events held by the club was a fashion show in March 1949 and seven newspaper clippings about this activity are included. Congratulatory greeting cards and telegrams (2 Canadian Pacific Telegraphs telegrams and 1 Canadian National Telegraphs telegram) sent by Soroptimist Clubs from across Canada and the United States of America on the inception of the Sudbury Nickel District chapter are interspersed with a Canadian Pacific Telegraphs telegram and holiday greeting cards from numerous club chapters along with newspaper clippings on the one year anniversary of the Soroptimist Club of the Sudbury Nickel District. One card, from the Soroptimists Club of Montana, has an arrowhead taped to the card. Other newspaper clippings include another fashion show held in October 1951; regional meetings, the Soroptimists 19th Conference held in Timmins, Ontario in May of 1951; another fashion show in November 1953; a fishing expedition; a number of activities for senior citizens in the area, including a picnic, a Christmas party for the Perpetual Youth Club and afternoon teas, and books on Indigenous history and culture being donated to the Sudbury Public Library. The Soroptimist Club of Sudbury presents 1952 Winners of "Singing Stars of Tomorrow" program, a 1951-52 typed one page President's Message, and an invitation to Miss A. Walker from the Mayor and Council of the City of Sudbury for a Civic Reception in honour of Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent on Sunday January 20, 1952 at 8:00 p.m. are also included. In addition is a 1967 Christmas card and two cards congratulating the Soroptimist's of Sudbury Nickel District on their 25th Anniversary. A program for the 25th Anniversary celebration held at Cassio's Motor Hotel on June 8, 1974, as well as eleven colour photographs and a number of newspaper clippings, also mark this event. Finally, a number of typed and handwritten notes are included in a folder in the back of the scrapbook explaining why the invitee could not make the 25th Anniversary celebrations. Notes are from: Joe Fabbro, Sudbury Mayor; L. Grace Wellwood, Past President, Soroptimist Federation of the Americas and Past International Officer; Soroptimist International of Cornwall, Ontario; Soroptimists of Port Hope, Ontario; Soroptimist Club of Barrie, Ontario, and K. Elliot, member, Soroptimist Club of the Sudbury Nickel District.

          Soroptimist Scrapbook
          ON00120 029-2 · Item · 1968 - 1974
          Part of Soroptimist Club of the Sudbury Nickel District

          This scrapbook documents various activities of the Soroptimist Club of the Sudbury District from 1968 to their 25th anniversary in 1974. Included are photographs and newspaper clippings from the Soroptimist Scholarship Award Dinner on November 3rd, 1969 at which Edith McLennan, President of the Soroptimist Club of the Sudbury Nickel District, awarded four young student nurses their scholarships. Award recipients present in the photographs are: Margaret Houle, Louise Picard and Mary Hagan, all winners of the Edna L. Moore Scholarships, and Bonita Groulx, winner of the Soroptimist Award. The scrapbook also contains newspaper clippings covering other Soroptimist Club activities and general happenings in the community, including the presentation of a citizenship award to Christine Kleber, a high school student from Lively, Ontario, based on an essay she wrote explaining her commitment to her role in the community; the donation of books to the Sudbury Public Library about Indigenous history in Canada, which was part of a larger project undertaken by the Eastern Canadian region of the Soroptimists to promote knowledge of Indigenous culture, and a Christmas dinner held by the Soroptimist Club for 100 members of the Soutar Senior Citizens Club. The scrapbook also contains an honourary membership certificate presented to the 'Sudbury Club' by the Eastern Canada Region of the Soroptimists Federation of the Americas Inc. for increasing active members by 20% between March 31, 1969 and March 31, 1970, as well as three pages from the May-June 1971 issue of 'The American Soroptimist,' which includes a photograph of Christine Maria Kleber, as well as other young men and women from across North America who received a 1971 Youth Citizenship Award. Three greeting cards from the Soroptimist Clubs of Thunder Bay, Oshawa and District and Verdun LaSalle congratulating the Sudbury Nickel District chapter on their 25th Anniversary, as well as a handwritten note on the occasion from Nora Jean Quigley, have also been placed inside the scrapbook. Two identical brochures from the Soroptimist International Association promoting their clubs are also included.

          CA ON00353 AFC 158 · Fonds · 1894 - 2007

          Fonds consists of records created and acquired by the London and Area Council of Women. Fonds includes operational records such as minutes of meetings, financial records as well as materials that were distributed to members and federated organizations such as newsletters, annual reports and annual directories. Also included are records relating to the political activities of the council such as resolutions, briefs and submissions as well as project files and committee records. Some records document the history of the organization and its milestones and include newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, photographs and archives records. The fonds also includes records that were received by the LACW from its federated organizations, the Provincial Council of Women of Ontario, the National Council of Women of Canada and the International Council of Women.

          London and Area Council of Women
          Jane Bigelow fonds
          CA ON00353 AFC 153 · Fonds · 1950 - 2011

          Fonds consists primarily of records documenting Jane Bigelow's political career from 1969 - 1980, with the majority of the material dealing with her terms as mayor and controller as well as her various election campaigns. Included are municipal project files; records relating to the activities of the London and Middlesex NDP Ridings Association and the NDP of Ontario; campaign materials; correspondence; speeches; and newspaper clippings. Also included in the fonds are photographs documenting Bigelow's career; awards and other recognitions that she received; biographical records documenting her elections, public service and the contributions that she made to London; and a fictional novel about a female mayor in the city of London.

          Bigelow, Jane
          CA ON00353 AFC 198 · Fonds · 1975 - 2003

          Fonds consists of records created and acquired by Western's Caucus on Women's Issues. Included are newsletters, minutes, financial records, various versions of their constitution, correspondence, documentary field tapes and reference materials as well as records relating to the Caucus' efforts to establish women's studies as a discipline, promote employment equity and contribute a women's perspective to the policy and planning processes at the university.
          Also included in the fonds are the research materials of Constance Backhouse, law professor and member of the Caucus, who researched the history of women at Western as part of several projects including her report, “Women faculty at UWO: reflections on the employment equity award”, the establishment of UWO law archives and 100 years of women at Western.

          Western's Caucus on Women's Issues
          CA ON00274 Pine Ridge Women's Institute fonds · Fonds · 1961-2011

          Fonds consists of records of the Pine Ridge Women's Institute and is organzed into the following series:

          Tweedsmuir Histories
          Minute Books

          Pine Ridge Women's Institute
          Item · 1919-2005, 2014

          The fonds consist of the following Series:
          Series 1: Minute Books (1924-1996)
          Series 2: Programmes (1919-1920, 1931-1995 – not inclusive)
          Series 3: Scrapbooks (1955-2005)
          Series 4: Tweedsmuirs ([199- ])
          Series 5: Miscellaneous ([after 1939?], 1955, 2014)

          Hickson Branch, North Oxford Women's Institute
          Fonds · [ca. 1870]-1983

          Fonds consists of minute books and meeting plans created and maintained by the Sparta Sorosis Women's Institute, as well as digital versions of the photographs contained within the Tweedsmuir History books compiled by the branch.

          Sparta Sorosis Women's Institute
          Fonds · 1951-[ca. 2014], predominant 1951-1990

          Fonds consists of records created and maintained by the St. Thomas branch of the Canadian Federation of University Women. Fonds is arranged into the following series:
          -Rules and Regulations series
          -Membership and Attendance series
          -Minutes series
          -Annual Reports series
          -General History series
          -Correspondence series
          -Financial Records series
          -Programming series
          -Special Interest Groups series
          -Projects series
          -Subject Files series
          -Newspaper Clippings series

          Canadian Federation of University Women, St. Thomas
          Fonds · 1914-1962

          Fonds consists of the Tweedsmuir History compiled by the Talbotville Women's Institute.

          Talbotville Women's Institute
          Meeting Minutes series
          Series · 1907-2004
          Part of Elgin County District Women's Institute fonds

          Series contains meeting minutes and cash books created by the Elgin County District Women's Institute (East and West Elgin), including the following volumes:
          -Minute and Cash Book, 1907-1912
          -Minute and Cash Book, 1912-1918
          -Minute and Cash Book, 1956-1959
          -Minute and Cash Book, 1998-2004