Women’s History Month is celebrated in October in Canada, coinciding with International Day of the Girl on October 11 and Persons Day on October 18. Women’s History Month is marked in March in the US, UK, and Australia, coinciding with March 8, International Women’s Day. In Canada, Women’s History Month was first proclaimed in 1992 and it continues as a celebration of the outstanding achievements of women and girls throughout Canada’s history.
Online Lectures
Tea & Talk from Home Recording: The Girls of Demill
For over 20 years, Demill Ladies’ College in Oshawa was a beacon for female education, attracting students from across Ontario and the United States. Opened in 1876, the purpose of Demill Ladies’ College, was to bring the higher branches of education within the reach of the largest possible number of young girls. Join Laura Suchan as she introduces you to some of the students and teachers and explores what it was really like to work or live at Demill. Learn about actors Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine’s connection to a student at the school, and find out what happened to some of the school’s graduates.
Video Podcasts
Blog Posts
Women and the Labour Movement in Oshawa: Bev McCloskey
By Jennifer Weymark, Archivist The gender wage gap, harassment in the workplace, and finding a work/life balance are frequently in the news as we examine…
Verna Conant
By Jennifer Weymark, Archivist Born on April 23, 1888, Verna Conant (nee Smith), was delivered by one of the first women doctors in Canada, Elizabeth…
Sister Act: The story of Clarissa and Sarah Terwilliger
By Laura Suchan, Executive Director In almost every town there are those people who are known by their behaviours or actions as eccentrics. In Oshawa,…
Students on Strike?
By Laura Suchan, Executive Director One of the unique aspects of an education at Oshawa’s Demill Ladies’ College (DLC) was the concept of the students…
Dr. Jane Plews Thornton 1832-1904
By Laura Suchan, Executive Director Before female doctors Emily Stowe and Jennie Trout practiced medicine, there was Oshawa’s own Dr. Jane Mary Plews. Born in…
Profiling: Polly Ann Henry
By Laura Suchan, Executive Director Recently Stoney Kudel, President of the Oshawa Historical Society, and I completed a project annotating the memoir of Reverend Thomas…
Oshawa Museum Blog 