Women's History

Accounts of Vancouver Island women who contributed in many ways to the Island's social and cultural life over the years, are told in excerpts from books by local authors who have given permission to use published material.

• On Writing About Women of the Past
  Author and archivist Kathryn Bridge on researching and writing about women in history
• Listening to Women's Voices from the Past
  Excerpt from a talk about writing historical fiction from sources used for A Most Unusual Colony
• British Columbia Nursing Sisters in WWI
  Story and photos on the BC nurses who served in England, Salonika and France
  Further material from other contemporary recollections was added to this photo-essay for the book
  Battlefront Nurses in WW I, published in 2009.
• Forgotten Pioneer Women of Dance in Canada
  How Victoria became a leader in classical ballet training in the 1920s and 1930s
• Canadian Women's History Month
  Victoria women led the campaign to declare October a national women’s history month to acknowledge the achievements and contributions of women to the country’s history

For more information on the women's history of Victoria, Vancouver Island & British Columbia:
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• BC History of Nursing
• Women's History Network of British Columbia, Canada

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