National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC)
Here, in the north-east corner of Allan Gardens, is an Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque which tell us this:
The National Council of Women of Canada lobbied for wide-ranging reforms that helped build this country's social safety net. This large network of local, provincial and federal councils had its beginnings in 1893 at a meeting held near here, in the original Horticultural Pavilion. At a time when only a few women could vote - and then only in municipal elections - women learned political skills and found a political voice through the NCWC. They made their presence felt, campaigning for legal equality between men and women, protection for children, and other programs of benefit to Canadian families.
Location Co-ordinates: 43.662939 -79.373125
Photo by Alan L Brown - August 2007
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