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- She was appointed chair of the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women (CACSW) in 1979. She worked successfully for the inclusion of women's rights in the Canadian Constitution and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (section 28), adding a single statement to the Charter indicating that men and women are equal under law.
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Jul 8, 2008 · Doris Anderson. In 1979 Doris Anderson became president of the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, resigning in 1981. Later, in 1983 Anderson was the president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women.
Career at Chatelaine. Upon receiving her degree, Anderson wrote and sold pieces of fiction and spent time in Europe [14] before she returned to Canada and secured a job writing advertising copy for Chatelaine in 1951. By 1955, she'd worked her way up to associate editor.
Dec 13, 2021 · Journalist, editor and author Doris Anderson lent her powerful voice to the concerns and aspirations of women as part of her longstanding efforts to promote women's interests and rights in Canada. Anderson was born in Medicine Hat but spent most of her working life in Toronto.
Mar 3, 2007 · Anderson had a profound impact on the face of Canadian feminism. She agitated for the creation of a Royal Commission on the Status of Women through the 1960s. That commission’s report eventually...
Dec 6, 2013 · As editor of Chatelaine magazine from 1957 to 1977, Doris Anderson was a powerful voice for women’s rights in Canada, broaching contentious issues such as abortion, family abuse, divorce reform, pay equity and the problems of working mothers.
Nov 9, 2011 · For whatever reason — Axworthy insisted it had nothing to do with Anderson’s move — the fact is that Canadian women, for all generations to come, have the assurance of equality thanks to this...
Doris Hilda Anderson, was a Canadian author, journalist and women's rights activist. She is best known as the editor of the women's magazine Chatelaine, mixing ...
