Traduction de «Femmes auteurs canadiennes du vingtième siècle » (Français → Anglais) :

Well into the 20th century, Europe had laws which in various ways excused domestic violence by men against women and children.

In many Member States, for example, men's violence against women in the home was not a crime subject to public prosecution until the later decades of the 20th century, in some countries as late as the 1990s.

The recipients were: Surya Acharya, research scientist, President of the Southern Alberta Ethnic Association; Ed Bayly, outstanding actor, director, playwright, singer, theatre manager; John Boras, lawyer, civic politician and community activist; Gordon Campbell, educator, leader in public affairs; Van Christou, brilliant photographer, promoter of the University of Lethbridge; Dr. E. Lisabeth Donaldson, professor and producer of a centennial book on educational advancement of Alberta women; Alister Gilchrist, long-time leading piper and loyal member, Royal Canadian Legion, General Stewart Branch No. 4; Frank Gnandt, 26 years as a ...[+++]music teacher and leader of award-winning Lethbridge Collegiate Institute High School choirs; Dr. Robert Hironaka, renowned animal scientist and promoter of the Japanese-Canadian culture; Dianne King, educational leader and the first woman school board president; Gerri Manyfingers, advocate for social justice on the Blood Reserve and urban centres for abused women in Calgary; Marie Smallface Marule, President of Red Crow College on the Blood Reserve and winner of the 1995 National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Education; Trevor Panczak, award-winning young Magrath country singer and supporter of numerous health and social causes; Joanne Perlich, founder and first President of the Lethbridge Handicapped Riding Association; Ernie Patterson, over 40 years of service on Claresholm Council, politician and vigorous supporter of rural communities; Dave Poulsen, outstanding rodeo announcer, author of 17 books, and promoter of childhood education; Ric Swihart, for over 35 years a highly respected agriculture and business reporter and editor at the Lethbridge Herald; Sharon Tennant, tireless proponent of higher education for all and dedicated supporter for persons with disabilities; Ron Watmough, long-time journalist and crusader for the protection of domestic animals and the No Kill Alliance; Doris Wichers, prominent leader in ...

In the early part of the century, a distinction was made between two main types of drug consumption: on the one hand, there were the Chinese on the west coast of Canada and their specific habit of smoking opium and, on the other hand, there was widespread use of patent medicines among the Canadian public and, according to the authors consulted (Murray 1988, Giffen et al. 1991, Mitchell 1990, Small, 1978, Solomon and Madison, 1976), the latter caused many more health problems than the use of opium by the Chinese.

Women who grew up at the turn of the century - Louise McKinney, Mary Ellen Smith, Cairine Wilson and Emily Murphy - laid a foundation and passed their torch to a new generation of women - Ellen Fairclough, Thérèse Casgrain and Tilly Rolston - who also built on that foundation so that the progress of women's stature in Canadian society was enhanced.