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Marjorie Griffin Cohen fonds
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Marjorie Griffin Cohen fonds

  • CA ON0034 10-153
  • Fonds
  • [1972]-1987
This fonds consists of records related to the Ontario Committee on the Status of Women when Marjorie Cohen was involved in the National Action Committee in the 1970s. It contains also records related to her activities as professor at York University. This fonds also includes files relating to events in which she participated and actions for which she was involved during the 1970s and 1980s, including the Toronto Working Skills Centre's evaluation at the end 1970s.
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Ce fonds comprend des documents relatifs au Comité ontarien de la condition féminine lorsque Marjorie Cohen était impliquée dans le Comité d'action national dans les années 1970. Il contient également des documents relatifs à ses activités en tant que professeure à l'Université York. Ce fonds comprend également des dossiers relatifs à des événements auxquels elle a participé et à des actions pour lesquelles elle s'est impliquée au cours des années 1970 et 1980, dont l'évaluation du Toronto Working Skills Centre à la fin des années 1970.

Cohen, Marjorie Griffin

Ontario Committee on the Status of Women (OCSW)

This series relates to Marjorie Cohen's work at the Ontario Committee on the Status of Women and certain issues that arose when she was there. The OCSW was a Toronto-based group formed in 1972 to press for the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women. The Committee was composed of women from a cross section of occupations and associations and was affiliated with the National Action Committee on the Status of Women. This series consists of records related to cases about women and the laws, human rights, employment, pay and Pay Equity.
It is broken down into subseries.

Women's Property Rights - Murdoch Forum - Bill 50-50

This file consists of records related to women's property rights. It contains a poster advertising Forum special guest Irene Murdoch on February 1974, introduction notes on panel, welcome speech. A note in the file mentions that Murdoch didn't attend. On lawyer advice, she was replaced by Helen Rathwell. The file includes a press release on Bill 50-50 dated of January 12th, 1978, and information sheets on Bill 50-50.

"The Cost of Being a Woman" - National Association of Women and the Law Conference - February 20 to 23 th, 1981

This file consists of records related to the National Association of Women and the Law Conference held in February 20 to 23th, 1981, at the Dalhousie University in Halifax. It contains papers on Wife as Domestic Worker, Prostitution, Family Law, Division of Pension as a Family Asset. It includes letter to participants, pamphlets, programs. It contains also membership list, terms of reference, as list of issues of the Consultative group on Research and Education in Law.
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