MMSW Ladies Auxiliary locals in Western Canada

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Auxiliary locals in Western Canada existed in Trail, Kimberley, Bluebell, Rossland, Mount Sheer, Riondel, Kaslo, and Brittania, BC; Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta; Uranium City, SK. Women that were involved in these Western locals were: Betty Donaldson, Tillie Belanger,  Joyce Muir,  Grace Anderson, Joyce Bryden, Margaret Bystrom, Carmen Rogers, Eyelyn Munro, Shirley Mathews, Ann Kozak, Muriel Gendron, Zelda Brown, Evelyn Lewis, Doris Ratcliffe.

Ladies’ Auxiliary delegates at 1966 convention in Trail, B.C. Seated (L-R): —-, Mary Kelly, Edna Carter, Lorena Skinner, —-, Olga St. Jean, Pearl Moir, Helen Morley. Standing (L-R): Verona Christensen, Doreen Moen, —-, Ann Eastcott, Rose Patterson, Muriel Gendron. (Unidentified: Grace Faurot, Ann Lukey, Charlotte Berg.) Photo courtesy Tillie Belanger. Archives Ontario, F1280 Solski Collection.  Series 10.

Ladies’ Auxiliary delegates at the B.C. District Mine Mill Convention, Vancouver 1961. (L-R): Julia Rigby, Laura Nelson, Margaret Bystrom, Helen Walton, Rose Patterson, Betty Donaldson, Beryl Kelley, Margaret Moffatt, Verona Christensen, Dot Ratcliffe. Archives Ontario, F1280 Solski Collection.  Series 10.

Some members of Trail Ladies’ Auxiliary Local 131, Seated (L-R): Veron Christensen, Helen Larmor, Margart Bystrom, Inesse Gattrell, Eva York, Dulcie Warrington, Helen Gwillim, Mary Unger. Standing (L-R): Tillie Belanger, Jean McIntyre, Emma Pontius, Dot Ratcliffe, Mary Kelly, Ann Eastcott. Photo courtesy Tillie Belanger. Archives Ontario, F1280 Solski Collection.  Series 10.

Trail Ladies’ Auxiliary Local 131 caters for a labour school in Rossland, B.C. (L-R): Alice Petrunia, Ilda Morandini, Ann Eastcott, Donna Dosen, Kay Dosen, —-, Nora Hughes, Marlene Penson, Evelyn Louis, Emma Penson, Dora Grieves, Dot Ratcliffe. Photo courtesy Tillie Belanger. Archives Ontario, F1280 Solski Collection.  Series 10.

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2 Responses to MMSW Ladies Auxiliary locals in Western Canada

  1. Gail Lasiuk says:

    This is awesome work! As a union supporter I am thrilled to see research on unions and on the women’s relentless work-behind-the-scenes. Good luck with your investigations.

  2. Amanda says:

    My Aunt Dulcie is in one of those photos. So neat to see a picture of her. She passed away so long ago – the 1970s

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