Canadian Voice of Women for Peace

Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, also known as Voice of Women or VOW, is a Canadian anti-nuclear organisation which was formed in 1960 in response to an article in which Lotta Dempsey, a journalist for the Toronto Star, called out for action against the threat of nuclear war and asked women to work together for peace.[1] In response to the article, a group of women contacted Dempsey, and formed a women's organization that they called Canadian Voice of Women for Peace. The membership quickly grew to six thousand members, and the organization held an international peace conference – the first of its kind – in 1962.[2] One of the most effective campaigns that Voice of Women implemented was collecting baby teeth in North America and demonstrated that the baby teeth collected contained high levels of Strontium-90, in order to put pressure on the Canadian government to promote a treaty banning nuclear testing.[1][3]

Prominent women associated with VOW include Thérèse Casgrain and Grace Hartman.

See also

Archives

There is a Voice of Women fonds at Library and Archives Canada.[4] The archival reference number is R2846 / MG28-I218.[5] 1959-2011. 11.6 meters of textual records; 2 paintings : brush and paint, spray paint and stenciling on cloth; 1 print : poster; 2 sheets of philatelic records (50 labels); 346 photographs : 166 b&w; 182 col.; 17 col. slides.; 4 audio cassettes (4 h, 35 min); 1 videocassette (6 h) : VHS; 130 pins; 5 albums (306 photographs) : 297 col. and 9 b&w; 1.1 cm of textual records; 139.36 MB of textual records (32 files).

References
  1. "About Us - Canadian Voice of Women for Peace". Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  2. "Peace Magazine Archive - Voice of Women for Peace". Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  3. Prentice, Alison; et al. (1988). Canadian Women: A History. Toronto: Brace, Harcourt, Jovanovich.
  4. "Finding aid to Voice of Women fonds at Library and Archives Canada" (PDF). Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  5. "Voice of Women fonds description at Library and Archives Canada". Retrieved June 18, 2020.


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