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Aitken, Kate.

Clipping of the Winnipeg Free Press article "Canada's News Broadcasting Needs Women, Says Mrs. A" about Canadian broadcaster Kate Aitken.

Long, Elizabeth

Canadian Women's Press Club, Toronto Branch.

Scrapbook of news clippings, ephemera and 3 photographs collected by the Toronto branch of the Canadian Women's Press Club regarding their activities and members from 1966-1967. Photographs include milliner Cindy Blackstock at a social event, Dora Conover in Hong Kong, and Club members at the centennial briefing. Also in the scrapbook are articles about Estelle Kerr, Kate Aitken, Cecilia Long, Marjorie Wilkins Campbell and Helen Allen.

Women's Press Club of Toronto

[Canadian Women's Press Club, Toronto Branch].

Scrapbook of news clippings and ephemera collected by the Toronto branch of the Canadian Women's Press Club regarding their activities and members from 1969-1970. Included are clippings regarding an Ontario-Quebec regional meeting, social events and award winners, efforts to make the club financially viable, an announcement about the 1970 closing of the 44 York Club location, and arguments for and against the admission of men to the Club. Also in the scrapbook is biographical information about Margaret Cragg, Kate Aitken and Phyllis Woods.

Women's Press Club of Toronto

Media Club of Canada, Toronto Branch.

Scrapbook of news clippings, ephemera and photographs collected by the Toronto branch of the Media Club of Canada regarding their activities and members from 1971-1972. Included are media releases about the Club's name change, a copy of McGraw-Hill's Guidelines for Equal Treatment of the Sexes, and a list of delegates at the Media 72 conference. Also in the scrapbook are articles about the state of media in Canada, including the struggles of ethnic presses, information about talks by Gloria Steinam and Margaret Sloan at the national convention, and biographical information about Edna Jacques, Betty Jewel Canning, Alva McColl and Kate Aitken.

Women's Press Club of Toronto

Media Club of Canada, Toronto Branch.

Scrapbook of news clippings, ephemera and photographs collected by the Toronto branch of the Media Club of Canada regarding their activities and members from 1971-1972. Includes a Triennial program and the August 4, 1971 edition of Newspacket (vol. 23, no.4) dedicated to the event, media coverage about the Club's name change and the admission of men, clippings related to the shutting down of the Toronto Telegram, as well as writers Helen Allen and Phillis Griffiths who worked for the paper, and items regarding events, workshops and award winners. Also in the scrapbook are is a 1972 directory of Toronto Branch members, clippings about the future of cooking as a hobby, the state of Canadian media, a panel regarding abortion, and biographical information about Kate Aitken, Leeta McCully, and Cherry, Lorrie McLaughlin. Photos consist of a head shot of Kay Rex and photos of a plaque unveiled in honour of Kate Aitken.

Synopsis of time period at front of scrapbook reads:

Year of the Triennial
Change of name
Admission of men to the Club
Death of the Telegram

Women's Press Club of Toronto

Miscellaneous Biographical and Historical Research

Documents, mostly printed items, found loose among the other papers, containing information on the following: Kathleen Blake "Kit" Coleman, Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Kate Aitken, and a story on the 1947 By-Line Ball written by Ruth Hammond and Cay Moore Miller. Included is a May 1978 edition of Content: Canada's National News Media Magazine (Number 85) with a feature about Kit Watkins and an article regarding women journalists in the west, such as Isobel Armstrong, E. Cora Hind, and the Beynon sisters - Lillian and Frances Marion. Also in the file is information about Judith Robinson: a note by Kay Rex and a copy of News, the paper Robinson started during the war.

Women's Press Club of Toronto