Brown, Doris Lillian

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Brown, Doris Lillian

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      • Harrison, Doris Lillian

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      1920-2003

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      Doris Lillian Brown (nee Harrison) was an Executive Director of the Young Women's Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo. Born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Brown studied liberal arts at the University of King's College in Halifax, graduating in 1941.

      Brown's affiliation with the Y began in 1946 when she was hired as a program secretary at the Y in Halifax. While there she worked jointly with Missions to Seamen to entertain ship crew coming into the city and with the Y travellers aid program organizing English classes for new Canadians. She left Halifax in 1952 to work for a year as Executive Director in Galt and then in Toronto as membership secretary. Brown joined the YWCA of KW in 1955 as Executive Director taking responsibility for 15 members of staff and more than 150 volunteers.

      Brown died in Ottawa on May 29, 2003. She was predeceased by her husband Albert Reed Brown. The couple married in 1959 and together raised a daughter.

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      Created September 2024 by DR.

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          • "Brown, Doris Lillian (nee Harrison)". The Ottawa Citizen. June 3, 2003, p. 38.
          • Doris Lillian Brown - Find a Grave
          • "YWCA Head Finds Work Satisfying, Trying". Kitchener-Waterloo Record. October 20, 1955, p. 9.

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