Séries S11 - Subjects

This series consists of documents collected by the Business and Professional Women's Club of Ottawa (BPWCO) on subjects such as abortion, affirmative action, benefits, the British North American Act, the Canadian Constitution, the Canadian space program, the Charter of Rights and Freedom, the Conference of Child Poverty in Ontario, Kingston Penitentiary's first women warden Mary Dawson, daycare, discrimination in insurance practice, elderly women, employment equity, equal rights, farming in Africa, fees for Gatineau Park, Forum '85, international affairs, local business, 1988 municipal election, pension reform, the Person Case, politics, the 1985 provincial election, provincial legislation, public life, Royal Committee on Reproductive Technologies, sexism in business and the media, violence against women and women and the military. It contains correspondence, pamphlets, memorandums, lists, statements, fact sheets, Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC)'s position on abortion, a check sheet, a petition, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, manuals, proposals, a paper, booklet, articles, fact sheets, resolutions, notes, issue #3, March 1985 issue of the publication Day Care Advocate, flyers, an update, proceedings' minutes, a presentation, Hansard official report of debates, no. 39, an agenda and a photocopied caricature.