"where the emphasis on sex was less" The Women's Section of the Canadian Council of Agriculture
Date
1990-08
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Masters
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Between 1913 and 1918 farm women in Alberta,
Saskatchewan, Manitoba and ontario took the initiative to
organize women's sections of their respective provincially
organized farm associations. By January 1919 executive
members of the women's sections realized that co-operation
between the provincial associations of the organized farm
women would be valuable in addressing concerns and issues
which superceded provincial boundaries. Thus, the
Interprovincial Council of Farm Women was formed. The next
step was affiliation with the Canadian Council of
Agriculture, the farmers' national council, which hitherto
had no provision for female representatives. The elite group
of women who composed the membership of the Interprovincial
Council believed the problems of the farming community were
equally those of farm men and women. Hence, they joined a
national farm association with a strictly male membership
instead of affiliating with a national women's club.
However, once the Women's section of the Canadian Council of
Agriculture was initiated, the women had only minimal effect
on Council business. Many difficulties besieged the Women's
section and the main Council throughout the 1920s,
especially the controversial issue of whether the farmers
should be active in politics. The final meeting of the
Women's section was held in 1929 but the Canadian Council of
Agriculture floundered until it ceased operation in 1932.
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Master of Arts (M.A.)
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History
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History