Women played a significant role in the Canadian Military war effort. Their contributions have largely been kept low key, taking from them the reward due them for their bravery, endurance and sacrifice. In some small way I would like to honour their contributions taking their light from under the bushel for all to acknowledge. Their stories, their roles and sacrifice are printed here for your enlightenment.
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WOMEN IN UNIFORM (part 1) EDNA MILLMAN JOAN CORRIGAN (Lemons) EDITH KRUGER (Bailey) HELEN LEWIS JOHNSON (Michell) COLLEEN McGREGOR (Font) LUCIENNA MILLS (Yates) IDA FERGUSON NAOMI AINSLIE EFFIE CONLEY (Carlisle) EVELYN CAMPBELL (Yurick) REITA MAY BAILEY (Lemieux) DOROTHY G. TURNER (Sloss) RUTH BAXTER (Caldwell) JEAN NORQUAY (Morrison) GWENDOLYN STEELE (Whelen) ZOE VIRGINIA TRUDEAU DOROTHY MARSHALL (Long) DOREEN ASHLEY (Wood) ELSIE WILSON (Cichelly) CHARLOTTE McARTHUR EDITH DELANEY JESSIE CLARK MARGARET L. McCAIG (Noble) GERALDINE ARNOLD (Andrychuk) NORMA ORFORD (Martin) MARY K. BRYAN (Wager) MARY GEORGINA BAXTER DOROTHY SANDERS (McKeen) MARJORIE WIBER (Dutton) KAY CHRISTIE |
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WOMEN IN UNIFORM (part 2) MARION RENEE SCOTT (Farquhar) ETHEL ROGERS MULVANEY EFFIE MINERS |
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WOMEN ON THE HOME FRONT Articles and stories about the Red Cross, the Women’s Institute. Local women recall their memories of joining the work force. |
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WAR BRIDES Manitoulin war brides tell their story. |