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Item ID#

A2022.014.039

Title

Speeches made by Jessie Macpherson during employment as a social worker

Object Name

Speech

Dates of Creation

1950 - March 14, 1966

Creator

Macpherson, Jessie

Description

Eleven speeches made by Jessie Macpherson during her employment as a social worker and superintendent of a women's prison until her retirement in 1969. Address to Magistrate's Conference is provided as an example.

-001: A 6-page speech on training schools presented at a conference in 1950. The speech discusses the treatment of juvenile delinquency offered by training schools.

-002: A 6-page end of school year speech given to boys at Manitoba Home on June 17, 1958.

-003: A 10-page speech titled The Adult Offender - Treatment given on April 11, 1961 to Manitoba School. The speech discusses principles of adult offender treatment and Jessie Macpherson's experience as superintendent of a women's jail.

-004: An 11-page speech titled Address to Magistrate's Conference given May 28, 1965, which discusses the author's experience as superintendent of the women's jail in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

-005: An 11-page speech titled The Woman Offender given to the Catholic Women's League on March 14, 1966. The speech discusses the history of crime and punishment and provides insights into women offenders and a women's prison.

-006: An undated, 3-page document titled Capital Punishment, which discusses the history of and points of view on capital punishment.

-007: An undated, 7-page speech titled The Attitude of the Institution Towards the Offender, which discusses what it is like inside an institutional jail.

-008: An undated, 7-page commencement speech given to graduates of a school of nursing.

-009: An undated, 13-page speech titled The Metis in Manitoba, which discusses the history of the Metis and provides the perspective of a social worker.

-010: An undated, 3-page speech titled Social Work which discusses the history of social work and its relationship to Christian principles and family.

-011: An undated, 6-page document titled Education for Liesure [Leisure] which discusses the importance of recreation and leisure as part of the school curriculum, a healthy society and a full life.

Collection

Macpherson, Jessie fonds

System of arrangement

Item is part of the Jessie Macpherson fonds

Parent Object

Jessie Macpherson fonds

Level of Description

Item

Physical Description

1 cm of textual records

Restrictions on Use

Places

Kincardine Township
Manitoba

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