Women's History Conference - Victoria BC - December 4, 2010

Zhindagee cover, author, publisher, Mahinder Kaur Doman Manhas (Victoria, BC: Zhindagee Publishing, 2010).

WOMEN’S HISTORY NETWORK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA CONFERENCE
December 4, 2010, Victoria, BC

1 - 4 pm, Emily Carr Branch Library, Victoria, BC

Topics:
History of Asian Indian 1st daughters in BC 1920-1950, with speaker Mahinder Kaur Doman Manhas, Anthology editor/publisher of

Zhindagee, Selected stories of our first daughters born in BC
and
Digitizing BC’s History, the BC Digitization Coalition.
$15 per person. Refreshments, free parking.
Emily Carr Branch Library,
3500 Blanshard St., Victoria.

Please pre-register: Women’s History Network of BC www.whnbc.ca

or e-mail: whnbc@shaw.ca Registration forms on the website.

Registration available at the door, but space limited.

Room Magazine - Past and Present

I just received my copy of the latest Room Magazine. Had my first browse through and I'm really looking forward to reading all of this issue - the theme is 'Past and Present'. The fiction writers included are Pearl Luke. Tracy Oliver, Lorrie Miller, Kristin Andrychuk, Jann Everard, Heather Debling and Valerie Laub, and the poets, Jan Wood, Adele Graf, Sandy Pool, Elena E. Johnson, Janet Hepburn, Lesley Washington, Lauren Carter, Bronwen McRae and Lesley Pasquin. And there's more...

This issue includes a thank you to the Women's History Network of BC (WHN/BC) as Room Magazine was one of the participants in WHN/BC's Women's History Fair earlier this year. Thanks for the thanks, Room!

And I noticed that two of my genealogy friends are mentioned, Lorraine Irving who gives cemetery tours at Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver and Celia Lewis who teaches genealogy.

Room Magazine began with the Growing Room Collective in Vancouver in the 1970s and was originally called Room of One's Own - from Virginia Woolf 's writing, so Room's already made lots of history itself. It's now Canada's oldest literary journal by and about women.

To learn more about Room, this Past and Present issue, future issues, or to subscribe, go to Room Magazine's website: http://www.roommagazine.com/magazine.html

Diane R

"Women in Wartime: Vivandieres and Land Girls" - November 11, 2010 - Vancouver BC

A special event for Remembrance Day in Vancouver, BC. with dance, song and historical talks.

"Women in Wartime: Vivandieres and Land Girls"

Remembrance Day, Thurs. 11th November, 2010 at 7:30 pm (doors at 7)

St James Community Square (3214 W 10th Ave at Trutch)

Through dance, music, and a literary/historical presentation, two significant groups of women will be highlighted: the vivandieres who brought supplies to 19th-century troops, and members of the Women's Land Army who provided agricultural labour during WW I and II while the men were away overseas.

Half of all proceeds will be donated to Doctors Without Borders.

For further info, please contact silkmothdance @ gmail.com (Please remove the spaces before and after @ when e-mailing.)

Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House Books - a talk - Sept. 28, 2010, Vancouver BC

September 28, 2010 - 7 pm, Tuesday in Vancouver BC at the historic Sylvia Hotel, 1154 Guildford St on English Bay. The talk is free - drop-in only, seating limited. Hotel parking available.

Herstory Cafe presents author Anita Clair Fellman speaking on "The Impact of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House Books or How a Series of Children's Books Helps Explain Anti-Government Sentiment in the U.S."

Have dinner beforehand with the guest speaker and others, from 5:30 pm. Dinner reservations required: 604 681-9321. Food and beverages for purchase.

"Laura Ingalls Wilder's books, bestselling favourites for seventy-five years, offer an engaging picture, presumably true, of one family's late 19th-century pioneering experience on the Great Plains of the U.S. These beloved books are present everywhere in American life, and are the source of many people's understanding of the shaping influence of the frontier on U.S. character and history."

Anita Clair Fellman was previously an academic, teaching in Canada and the U.S. Her book, Little House, Long Shadow: Laura Ingalls Wilder's Impact on American Culture, was published in 2008.

For more information, see the Herstory Cafe website: www.herstorycafe.ca

Vancouver's Herstory Cafe Picnic - Sunday August 22, 2010

It's time for the Herstory Cafe's Annual Picnic!

Sunday, August 22, 2010 starting at 11 am at Trout Lake.
(Cancelled if raining.)

Bring your favourite women's history book or photograph to share or discuss.

Meet at Trout Lake in Vancouver at the South East corner (by the washrooms).
Look for the "Camp Vivian" banner.

Bring your own lunch, chair, blanket, or other picnic necessities and comforts.

History of West Kootenay Feminism - June 24 - Vancouver BC

Images cover, Volume 6 #4 (1978?) Art by Leni. Personal collection.

A Special Invitation from the Herstory Cafe to all those who were part of the 1960's-80's Feminist Movement in British Columbia (or anywhere else).

IMAGES - Kootenay Women's Paper: A Primer on Feminism (1973-1991), an illustrated presentation by Dr. Marcia Braundy.

When: Thursday, June 24, 2010 from 7-8:30pm.
Where: Rhizome Cafe in Vancouver, 317 Broadway.

The whole cafe's been reserved, so do come early for dinner.

This is a free event! Limited seating; come early.
Food and beverages for purchase.

Speaker Dr. Marcia Braundy is a founder and member of the original IMAGES collective, and Editor of the CD, IMAGES, Kootenay Women's Paper (1973-1991) and she will share illustrated stories of the times.

If you were at the Women's History Network of BC's Women's History Fair in Vancouver in April, you will remember seeing the West Kootenay Feminism display and perhaps, even leafing various issues of IMAGES and speaking with Marcia Braundy.

The 85 issues of IMAGES - Kootenay Women's Newspaper, published over 19 years from 1973 to 1991, represents the early writings of many of British Columbia's prize-winning women authors and artists as they struggled to develop their personal and political perspectives on Second Wave Feminism. In writing by rural BC women and others, it tells the stories of women and feminist groups from Trail, Nelson, Kaslo, the Slocan Valley, Salmo, Fruitvale, Rossland and Castlegar, for instance, of the Nelson and District Women's Centre (1972-), the oldest rural women's centre in Canada.

Theme issues addressed topics like: Aging, Health, Machinery, Sexuality, Reproductive Rights, Working, Lesbian life, Mothers and Daughters, The Arts, Media, Feminism, Technology, Violence Against Women, Travel and Relationships, while other issues covered local, regional and national news from feminist perspectives.

Images cover, August/September 1983. Cover art by Swanson. Personal collection.

The innovative Kootenay Feminism website, covering 1970 to present, launched in February this year (2010) and includes a timeline, historical minutes, posters, samples of IMAGES, interviews, music, photographs and more. The IMAGES newspaper collection was digitized with assistance from a 2009 grant through the BC History Digization Program, University of British Columbia and from a BC150 Heritage Legacy grant. The newspaper issues are available on CD.

Website: http://www.kootenayfeminism.com

LINKS:

Kootenay Feminism: http://kootenayfeminism.com

Nelson & District (BC) Women's Centre and West Kootenay Women's Association: http://www.nelsonwomenscentre.com

Herstory Cafe: http://www.herstorycafe.ca

The Herstory Cafe is a get together where women’s history buffs can meet, hear a presentation and socialize.

British Columbia History Digitization Program: www.ikebarberlearningcentre.ubc.ca/ps/BCDigitInfo.html

BC150 Legacy: www.heritagelegacyfund.ca/about.html

Women's History Fair Participants - Vancouver April 10, 2010

More groups participating in the Women's History Fair, Central Branch, Vancouver Public Library, Saturday, April 10, 2010 from 1-4 pm.

The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Vancouver will be showing information about WILPF's work on peace issues since 1915 showcasing a display of historical material of the organization's work, publications, archival photographs and a record of past activities.
Website: http://www.wilpf.int.ch/world/canada.htm

WE*ACT: Women Elders in Action is funded by the Women’s Program of Status of Women Canada and the 411 Senior Centre Society. The group’s focus is to raise awareness and to act on the most pressing social and economic issues facing older women in BC. They have recorded and transcribed the life stories of nearly 80 women elders around the province and published these materials.
Website: www.411seniors.bc.ca/Contentpages/we_act.htm

Room Magazine (formerly Room of One’s Own) is Canada’s oldest feminist literary journal, published since 1975, by, for, and about women by an all-volunteer Vancouver editorial collective. Room's display includes issues with a focus on BC women’s history.
Website: www.roommagazine.com

Pioneer Indian Women Settlers Centenary Celebration 2010: In recognition of the first Indian women who in 1910—despite the law against them—emigrated to Canada from India to reunite their families. Display includes photographs and information on “first wave” women and children by researcher Mahinder Kaur Doman Manhas.

The Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia will feature a display on Chinese Canadian Women: A Legacy of Serving their Communities.The Society is dedicated to broadening our shared understanding of history of the Chinese in British Columbia through research, documentation, preservation and education.
Website: www.cchsbc.ca