by bridget | Jun 30, 2016 | In The News
Halifax Women’s History Society raising money for statue to be located near Halifax Seaport Market By Hal Higgins, CBC News A women’s group in Halifax will launch a special waterfront project today. The Halifax Women’s History Society wants to build...
by bridget | Jun 30, 2016 | In The News
MICHAEL MACDONALD, THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX – Of the 280 statues in Halifax, fewer than a dozen show women — and virtually all of them are mythical figures, such as fairies and nymphs. That is about to change: A project to recognize the contribution to Canada of...
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....
