Archive Record

Metadata

Item ID#

A2012.011.009

Title

Women dry those tears

Object Name

Manual

Dates of Creation

[original ca. 1945 (photocopied 198--?)]

Creator

Jamieson, Laura E.

Description

A course manual written by Laura E. Jamieson (nee Marshall) - Lloyd Johnston's aunt. The manual is about the need for women's rights at home and in the workplace after the end of the Second World War.

She compares social justice issues of foreign counties to those in Canada. She writes about women and nutrition, women at work, household workers, the impact of war on women and democratic socialism.

There is a notice of a memorial service in the front of the book with a short bio of Jamieson's life.

Admin/Biographical History

Laura was raised in Park Head. After training as a teacher, she went to British Columbia to teach. Afterwards she went back to school and graduated from University of Toronto in Philosophy, then worked in the Toronto YWCA. After living in Stratford, she moved to Vancouver and married Jamieson. She took her husband's place of Juvenile Court Judge in 1926 when he died. In 1938 she resigned to work with the C.C.F. party. In 1929 she was sent to the League of Nations in Geneva. In 1939 and 1941 she was elected to the B.C. legislature.

Source: Amabel Township Historical Society. "Green Meadows & Golden Sands: the History of Amabel Township 1851-1982." Amabel Township Historical Society, 1984., p. 304.

Level of Description

Item

Physical Description

0.4 cm of textual records.

Places

Amabel Township
Park Head

People