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- 1954-1973 (Creation)
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1 file
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Lois Wishart was a resident of Belleville, Ontario and an active volunteer in the community. She married George Wishart in Pointe-Fortune United Church on 5th June 1929 in Quebec. She was president of the Women's Study Guild in Belleville several times in the history of that organization and looked after the group's archives when it was disbanded.
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Scope and content
1) Texts of talks delivered by Lois Wishart at meetings of the Women's Study Guild. Topics include:
- Christmas carols
- The problem of farm surplusses
- Social security - bane or blessing
- Communications
- The problems of housing
- Crafts
- Libraries
- Women - yesterday and today
- The penal system
- World religions
- History of Belleville
2) Files on various topics discussed by the Guild:
1) Status of women in Canada, including 'Orders of the Minimum Wage Board regarding the Employment of Women in the Province of Ontario', 1929; 'The Rights of Women by Anne Francis, Behind the Headlines September 1950; 'Citizen's Forum, December 7th 1950, Equal Pay for Equal Work: Are Women Getting a Fair Deal?' published by the Canadian Association for Adult Education; circulars from the Canadian Committee on the Status of Women, 1954, 1956
2) Conservation, including clippings, 1950-1990
3) Notes on Lois Wishart's maternal grandmother, Louisa Mary Watson, born 1855 (written in 1967)
4) Notes for discussions on water, 1981-1989, including 1954 booklet on 'The St. Lawrence... River of Tomorrow' reprinted from February 1954 issue of Ontario Hydro News