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Formed on October 27, 1893, in Toronto, Ontario, it is one of the oldest advocacy organizations in the country. [2] Lady Aberdeen was elected the first president of the National Council of Women of Canada in 1893. Prominent Council leaders included Lady Gzowski, Dr. Augusta Stowe-Gullen, and Adelaide Hoodless. [3]
Plaque to mark the spot where the Playground movement began in Nova Scotia, (1906), Local Council of Women, Halifax, Nova Scotia [8] [9] The year following the defeat of the first suffrage bill, the Local Council was established in 1894 as the local chapter of the National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC).
Adelaide Hoodless is credited as a co-founder of the Women's Institutes, the National Council of Women of Canada, the Victorian Order of Nurses and the YWCA in Canada. [citation needed] She was a major force behind the formation of three faculties of Household Science. All of these organizations are in existence today.
Woman's Century was the official organ of the National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC), published in Toronto between 1913 and 1921. The magazine was relatively conservative, and supported World War I, but stood up for women's rights and universal suffrage.
Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women; Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies; Canadian Federation of University Women; Canadian Girls in Training; Canadian Women Voters Congress; Canadian Women's Foundation; Canadian Women's Suffrage Association; Catholic Women's League of Canada; The Coloured Women's Club of Montreal
In 1893, the National Council of Women of Canada was established inside the Horticultural Pavilion of the gardens. [3] In 1894, the garden's original conservatory was replaced. [5] Shortly after the death of Allan in 1901, the gardens were renamed from the Horticultural Gardens to Allan Gardens in his honour.
Annesley Hall is the all-female residence at Victoria College, University of Toronto. The residence is located across from the Royal Ontario Museum and is designated a National Historic Site of Canada. [1] Built in 1903 in the Queen Anne style, Annesley Hall is the first university residence built for women in Canada. [2]
Edith Jessie Archibald (7 April 1854 – 11 May 1936) was a Canadian suffragist and writer who led the Maritime Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), National Council of Women of Canada and the Local Council of Women of Halifax.