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Nancy's Very Own Foundation

Archive-It Partner Since: Oct, 2019

Organization Type: NGOs

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Nancy’s Very Own Foundation is a Canadian private foundation established by the Honourable Nancy Ruth, CM in 1984. Nancy Ruth, who served as a member of the Senate of Canada from 2005 to 2017, is a feminist, activist and philanthropist. She has campaigned for increasing dedicated charitable giving to women and girls. The Foundation has used the Internet to make the history of women, and women’s activism, in Canada visible and lively, to teach about the value and importance of women’s lived experiences, and to urge the use of a women’s lens in making public policy and the elimination of systemic discrimination against women in all their diversity.

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Canadian Women in World War 1 (WWI)

Archived since: May, 2020

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This web site offers open access to an illustrated book for general readers on what women in Canada did during World War I. They served in many essential ways, supporting the war effort, their communities and organizations, and their families. They served at home and overseas as drivers, nurses and doctors. They campaigned for peace. They campaigned hard, and successfully for the right to vote, another key step in the journey to full personhood for all women in Canada.

Subject:   Women’s History Women’s Human Rights Women’s Rights World War 1 Workforce World War 1 (1914-1918) Home front Armed forces Paid work Volunteers Suffrage Women's vote

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