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Women's heritage
Communication

Kit Coleman: Journalism pioneer

Kathleen Blake Coleman, known to her readers as “Kit,” stood out among Ontario’s women journalists of her day because of her obvious talent, lively writing...

“Mayor Oliver: Wonder who told them we didn’t encourage the suffragette movement in Toronto?”, [photograph], ca. 1910, Newton McConnell fonds, C 301-0-0-0-996, Archives of Ontario.

Women's heritage

Key dates and figures in the women’s rights movement in Ontario and Canada

1851: Women were officially excluded from voting in all Canadian legislative elections in British North America. 1853: Mary Ann Shadd Cary established the Provincial Freeman...

Dr. Molly Shoichet (middle) at the University of Toronto, 2016. Photo courtesy of the author.

Women's heritage

Shining a light

When I was young, my mother strongly encouraged me to pursue a career. She knew that for her generation, even after graduating from university, there...

Elizabeth Bagshaw (Photo courtesy of The Hamilton Spectator)

Women's heritage
Medical heritage

Elizabeth Bagshaw: Fighting for reproductive rights in Canada

When Dr. Elizabeth Bagshaw retired in 1976, she was the oldest physician practising in Canada. In her illustrious 70-year career, Bagshaw treated thousands of patients...

Dominion Scientific Temperance Committee, Ephemera, 192-, English. Toronto Reference Library, Baldwin Collection (192-?, Temperance, Item 12.M). Photo courtesy of the Toronto Public Library.

Women's heritage

Working for the greater good: Women’s voluntary organizations in the early 20th century

In 1911, women made up 13.5 per cent of the workforce in Canada. By 1951, that number had risen to 22 per cent. While few...

Doris McCarthy 1910-2010 (Photo: David Lee)

Women's heritage
Arts and creativity

The cult of Doris

Living to 100 is only the latest feat in the life of the singular painter Doris McCarthy, who once cut off her finger for her...

Women’s March in Toronto in January 2018. Photo: Tanja Tiziana.

Women's heritage

Practices and attitudes die slowly: Sexual assault legislation and activism in Canada

In 1967, during a decade of social change and revolution, the federal government launched the Royal Commission on the Status of Women to address the...

F 2076-16-3-2/Unidentified woman and her son, [ca. 1900], Alvin D. McCurdy fonds, Archives of Ontario, I0027790.

Women's heritage
Black heritage

We’ve always been here: Black women’s history of voting rights and politics in Canada

The history of Black women’s voting rights in Canada must be understood in the context of their evolving social status in the nation’s preceding French...