Fonds 10-136 - Rosemary Billings fonds

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Rosemary Billings fonds

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CA ON0034 10-136

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  • 1977-1987 (Creation)

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20 cm of textual records

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Rosemary Billings was an activist and lobbyist who worked as an executive member of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women and the Ad Hoc Committee of Canadian Women on the Constitution, which fought for inclusion of Section 28 in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms – ensuring the recognition of the equality of women and men. Rosemary Billings was also a Federal Government employee, retiring in 2003. She lives in Ottawa, Ontario.
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Rosemary Billings était une militante et une lobbyiste qui a travaillé en tant que membre exécutif du Comité national d'action sur le statut de la femme et du Comité ad hoc des femmes canadiennes sur la Constitution, qui s'est battu pour l'inclusion de l'article 28 dans la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés - garantissant la reconnaissance de l'égalité des femmes et des hommes. Rosemary Billings a également été fonctionnaire fédérale et a pris sa retraite en 2003. Elle vit à Ottawa, en Ontario.

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The fonds consists of records created and collected by Rosemary Billings in her capacity as an executive member of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Canadian Women on the Constitution and the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) and relate to the creation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the guarantee for women's rights under Section 28. The records illustrate the work that Billings and her colleagues did to lobby the government to ensure that section 28 was not removed.
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Le fonds comprend des documents créés et recueillis par Rosemary Billings en sa qualité de membre exécutif du Comité ad hoc des femmes canadiennes sur la Constitution et du Comité national d'action sur le statut de la femme (CNA). Ces documents portent sur la création de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés et sur la garantie des droits des femmes en vertu de l'article 28. Les documents illustrent le travail de Billings et de ses collègues pour faire pression sur le gouvernement afin que l'article 28 ne soit pas supprimé.

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Records were received from the donor in 2017

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  • English

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  • Latin

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CA

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ON0034

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Final

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Created in 2019-02-04

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