Vancouver Women's Caucus

The Vancouver Women’s Caucus is Canadian feminist organization active from 1968 to 1971.[1] The group founded an abortion awareness campaign which included the Abortion Caravan. The group was also responsible for shutting down Parliament for the first time in Canadian history. Other initiatives include advocacy for working women and hosting a peace conference with Indo-Chinese women.[2]

The group was initially founded in 1968 by students from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C.[3]

Government surveillance

In recent years, researchers uncovered the extent to which the group was placed under surveillance by the Canadian government.[4]

Notable members

  • Andrea Lebowitz and Margaret Benston - university faculty members who helped found the group
  • Betsy Meadley Wood and Marcy Cohen - organisers of the group's abortion awareness campaign

References

  1. ↑ Wasserlein, Frances Jane. "" An arrow aimed at the heart": the Vancouver Women's Caucus and the abortion campaign, 1969-1971." PhD diss., Theses (Dept. of History)/Simon Fraser University, 1990.
  2. ↑ https://www.vancouverwomenscaucus.ca
  3. ↑ https://www.vancouverwomenscaucus.ca/herstory/early-days/
  4. ↑ Sethna, Christabelle & HEWITT, STEVE. (2009). Clandestine Operations: The Vancouver Women's Caucus, the Abortion Caravan, and the RCMP. Canadian Historical Review. 90. 463-496.
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