International Women’s Day 2017
(March 8, 2017) In several previous posts about international women’s day the important role played by prairie grain farmers and their organizations in advancing the equality of women in Canada has been highlighted. From the 1890s the Territorial Grain Growers Association adopted a policy that women would be full and equal voting members and the web of support developed from there. How wide...
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On March 8th we celebrate International Women’s Day. It reminds this writer of how important women have been to agriculture on the prairies and the pivotal leadership role they played in establishing modern Canada. Creating grain farms on the prairies was hard work and for the most successful settlers it was a team effort that relied on women and men working equally hard though not always at...
Read MoreFarmers celebrate International Women’s Day 2013
Short skirts and shrinking computers March 8, 2013 – International Women’s Day By now many readers have seen the cheesecake cartoon of a woman straddling a fence in an advertisement created by the Harper Government’s secretive grain broker firm disingenuously known as “CWB.” There is no need to point out this throw-back advertisement says volumes about the Harper...
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(March 8, 2012) Today is when we recognize and celebrate women’s economic, political, and social achievements. In Canada we often forget that until 1929 women were not even considered “persons” under our laws. Too few remember how women overcame this abomination in our legal system. It all started with the grain farmers of western Canada. For over 30 years, since the 1890s they...
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