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• Title:Vancouver Council of Women fonds
  
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• Corporate Author/Creator:Vancouver Council of Women.
  
• Published/Created:1901-1996
  

• Holdings

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  • Location:ScrapBk 1  c.1  RBSC ASRS - (Confirm availability: email rare.books@ubc.ca) Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: RBSC-ARC-1577
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Location Has:Scrapbook
    
    

  • Location:RBSC ASRS - (Confirm availability: email rare.books@ubc.ca) Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: RBSC-ARC-1577
    
  • Number of Items:25
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Location Has:Box 1-24; Papers
    
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Olkovick, Sylka.
  Provincial Council of Women of British Columbia.
  National Council of Women of Canada.
  Vancouver Council of Women.
  
• Description:4.4 m of textual records
  92 photographs
  
• Summary:The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, scrapbooks, subject files, reports, briefs, lists, printed material (including annual reports) and photographs pertaining to the activities of the Vancouver Council and of the Provincial and National Councils of Women. Fonds includes photograph album of Sylka Okovick, Man Media Chairman, 1982-1985.
  
• Biography/history note:The "Council of Women" concept originated at the Women's Congress held at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. There, women from thirty nations decided to form an International Council of Women to promote "the welfare of mankind, the family and individual" and "to work for removal of disabilities of women". The formation of a Canadian Council quickly followed, and in 1894, seventeen women in Vancouver organized a local chapter. Over the years, the Vancouver Council of Women has addressed issues affecting women and has lobbied governments on matters relating to education, housing, public health and recreation.
  
• Indexes and finding aids:Online inventory available.
  
• Notes:Title based on the contents of the fonds.