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| LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds |
| No.: | PR1993 |
| TITLE: | Edmonton Options for Women Council fonds |
| CREATOR: | Edmonton Options for Women Council |
| DATE RANGE: | 1973-1978 |
| EXTENT: | 0.78 m of textual records. -- 8 photographs. |
| ADMINISTRATIVE |
| HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | The Edmonton Options for Women Council (usually referred to as Options for Women) had been in existence since 1972, but its founding meeting was held October 13, 1973. The objectives of Options for Women were to facilitate communication between individuals and groups concerned with increasing the options for women; to promote greater public awareness of the rights and status of women; and to initiate and coordinate action aimed at increasing the options for women in Edmonton. The Edmonton Options for Women Council may have been associated with the Alberta Options for Women Council, which was incorporated under the Societies Act on September 13, 1973 and shared to common objective of facilitating communication between individuals and groups concerned about increasing the options for women; this provincial Council dissolved in about 1978. Edmonton’s Options for Women took on the responsibility of planning, organizing and implementing the Strategies for Change Workshop for the Edmonton region; these workshops resulted in the creation of the Alberta Status of Women Action Committee. The headquarters for Edmonton Options for Women Council were at 10006-107 Street. The Council was led by organizing committee. The organization likely dissolved in the late 1970s. |
| SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The fonds consists of the records of the Edmonton Options for Women Council and includes newsletters, correspondence, reports, minutes and information about Alberta Status of Women Action Committee. The fonds also includes one sous-fonds, the Edmonton Women’s Place Society sous-fonds. |
| RELATED RECORDS: | See also the Alberta Status of Women Action Committee fonds (PR0307). |
| GENERAL NOTE: | Information for the administrative history is taken from the records. |