by bridget | Jun 30, 2016 | In The News
The statue of Edward Cornwallis stands in Cornwallis Part in downtown Halifax. Reynold Gregor/Global News A unique bid to recognize the contribution women have made to building Canada took a big step forward in Halifax on Friday. The Halifax Women’s History...
by sarah | Jun 26, 2016 | In The News
HALIFAX, June 24, 2016 – The Halifax Women’s History Society announced today that CN has donated $100,000 to the society’s first project, A Woman on the Waterfront, a monument honouring the thousands of women who volunteered their time and labour during wartime....
by admin | Feb 4, 2016 | Events, In The News
Photos by Jessie Redmond Photography
by admin | Feb 2, 2016 | In The News
Dear Members: The Halifax Women’s History Society and its Woman on the Waterfront project enters another busy year and wants to update you on our news since our successful launch late last fall. We want to thank the 39 members who contributed to our fund-raising ask...
by admin | Dec 11, 2015 | In The News
View article (from the article) In Canada, remembering what women did in WWII History is made in a lot of different ways, and often by people whose names we will never know. This is a story about one Canadian woman—now almost 93—who participated in the making of...
by admin | Nov 1, 2015 | In The News
We also are happy to report that our launch was a huge success. We had at least 70 people turn out Thursday, Oct. 29 — a rainy, windy day — to hear our chair, Janet Guildford, HRM Councilor Jennifer Watts and Second World War volunteer Marjorie Lindsay speak to the...
