Throughout Adelaide Hoodless's life she has made many contributions to Canada. One of the major ones was that she organized the first school for women, Household Science School, which opened in September 1895 (Adelaide Hunter Hoodless 1875-1910, n.d. pg.1). She believed that it was unfair only boys could go on to higher standards while girls had to stay home and do household work all day. So with this, Adelaide also became the co-founder of many organizations such as the National Council of Women (NCW), Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) (Stamp, 03/25/08, pg.1). She also nationalized the Young Women’s Christian Association also known as Y.W.C.A and was the founder of Women’s Institutes (ibib).
This Minicase talks about Ann Fudge, former president of Kraft Foods. She was responsible for the success of the division she led that included brands such as Maxwell House, Grape Nuts, Shredded Wheat, and General Foods International Coffees. After 24 years of working for corporate America, she decided to take time off for herself. It was then when advertising company Young & Rubicam extended her an offer to lead the company after turmoil was driving them to lose clients and consequently, profits. The offer came during a time when Fudge was dedicating time for herself, travelling, cycling, and writing a book titled The Artist’s Way at Work.
In 1867, a Canadian woman calls Emily Howard Stowe and her Toronto Women’s Literary Club started a fight for women’s suffrage. After four decades, the Canada Elections Act finally passed women are allowed to vote in 1918. Today Canadian women’s voting right is protecting by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom. Woman have no difference with men. They
Alice Wilson: Female Geologic Pioneer Quoted as being the “first female geologist in Canada” [1], Alice Wilson has made her mark on this world in more ways than one. From 1881 until her death in 1964, Alice Wilson fought her way through an immense number of difficulties. As a women trapped in a male dominated society, Alice defied the odds when she became a geologist in 1945. Like most women in the early 1900’s, Alice worked very hard through many feminist struggles, even earning a place as Canada’s first female geologist. Born on August 26, 1881 in Cobourg Ontario, Alice developed a passion for fossils, but unlike most girls, this love for rocks and fossils did not diminish, and instead, Alice turned her fascination into a famous career that continued well into her 80’s.
He has worked as an Archivist and a Policy Analyst for the Government of Ontario. Over the years he came a known writer of children’s literature. Because he had a typical Chinese Canadian childhood he is determined allow the readers to understand the struggles that each culture must endure when migrating to Canada, as there seems to continuously be the issue of inerasable differences and displacement that each family may feel when coming to a new country to live. He wants the readers to know about it but also stick it out and persevere. THE THEME: Paul Yee tells a story of one women’s survival , and her triumph of victory from defeat.
Understanding the reasons that workers join unions has been a subject of scholarly debate for decades. This critical review examines an article that discusses a segment of an under-represented unionized workforce: Women. The article, “The Influences on Women Joining and Participating in Unions” (2005) was written by Gill Kirton, a professor at Queen Mary, University of London. The author explores why women join and participate in unions through analyzing four influences: family, union, work and feminism. Relying on qualitative data from a study of women in two male-dominated UK unions carried out between 1999 and 2002, the article maintains that family background, gendered experiences in both unions and the workplace, as well as feminist beliefs and values all combine to shape women’s union orientations in complex ways.
Near the late eighteenth century to early twentieth century, women in Canada were continuing to be seen in terms of their destinies as wives and mothers. No Place Like Home: Diaries and Letters of Nova Scotia Women 1771-1938, is a book of a compilation of diaries and letters providing an insight into the lives of Nova Scotia women. This essay looks at the relationship between family and religion in the lives of these women. Even though these diaries and letters comprise between the years 1771 – 1938, this paper will cover letters and diaries between the years 1869 – 1881. Mary MacDougall MacDoland, Annie Rogers Butler, and Margaret Pottinger Connell have a lot of comparison, such as religion, dedication to their husband and family, but this paper will focus on family and domestic life; despite their similarities they also had differences, for instance Annie’s approach towards men, Mary’s beliefs of Native Indians and Margaret’s role towards the new era of Industrialization.
Nellie McClung: a Canadian feminist, politician, author, and social activist who was one of the “Famous Five” Alberta women who initiated and won the person’s case to have women recognized as persons under the BNA Act. Beyoncé: is considered world’s most famous female artist and a great role model for young women today. She believes women should be considered equal and treated with fairness, empowers females through her actions and music and believes in equality and respect for
It threw light on the fact that Roman women had more opportunities to participate in the cultural, political, and economic life than their Athenian counterparts. In a brief epilogue, Pomeroy draws some general conclusions about the respective status of Greek and of Roman women from evidence presented earlier. Critique: At the time Pomeroy wrote there was, she explains, "no comprehensive book on this subject in English". Although her study was not primarily intended as a college textbook, it soon became the standard text for women-in-antiquity courses. The fact that it has remained in use for almost twenty years indicates that it serves that purpose well.
The Backwoods of Canada by Catherine Parr Traill is a collection of letters that tells of Mrs. Traill’s immigration from Scotland to Canada in the 1830s. Mrs. Traill leaves Scotland with her husband, a former British Army officer, to find freedom and a new life. These letters written to her mother tell of the hardships she comes across as well as the hopes and dreams she has for the future. The Backwoods of Canada shows that immigration changes Catherine from a privileged middle class woman to a hard working Canadian. This book also tells us that although Canada has changed from the 1830s, it still remains a place of freedom and hard workers.