OWHN sadly acknowledges the recent loss of another of its founders, Wendy Mitchinson (1947-2021), which comes closely on the heels of the death of Alison Prentice, making this is a difficult time. The following is a link to the obituary written on Wendy by her husband, Rex Lingwood, and close friend and fellow OWHN member, […]
Rob Leverty, Executive Director, of the Ontario Historical Society announces the OHS Alison Prentice Award:
The following letter, dated September 9, 2021, is from Rob Leverty of the Ontario Historical Society: Dr. Alison Prentice (1934-2021) was a pioneer in women’s history in Canada. A renowned scholar and beloved teacher, Prentice specialized in the history of education in Canada as well as Canadian women’s history. Her work at the Ontario Institute […]
Our 100 Years: Canadian Federation of University Women (Second Story Press, 2019) by Dianne Dodd
This centennial history, sponsored by CFUW and the Feminist History Society, details more than one hundred years of an important First Wave Feminist movement organization, and takes the reader through the Second Wave and up to the present day. When I began writing in 2017, I was still working three days a week at Parks […]
OWHN member Marion Roes shares her work Mennonite Funeral and Burial Traditions
Writing and self-publishing – two books Mennonite Funeral and Burial Traditions: Interviews and Personal Stories – from Waterloo Region, Oxford, Perth and Wellington Counties by Marion Roes. Self published 2019 While writing, interviewing and researching histories of undertakers in Waterloo Region – since about 2013 – I decided to include traditions of some Mennonite groups. […]
Liz Muir: Why did I write A Women’s History of the Christian Church: Two Thousand Years of Female Leadership (2019)?
Why did I write A Women’s History of the Christian Church: Two Thousand Years of Female Leadership (2019) by Liz Muir In WOMANWORD, A Feminist Lectionary and Psalter, Miriam Therese Winter, one of the Medical Mission Sisters, wrote, “Who will retrieve our stories from the void of the unremembered? Who will believe we were who we are and […]