The Splendid Vision

The National Council of Women of Canada has staying power. After 100 years of petitioning, lobbying and, slowly but surely, working to improve the status of women in Canada, the Council emerges as an undercredited feminist institution. The Council is no hotbed of radical activism, though it's influence on the equality stage in Canada is more pronounced that the organization's sleepy reputation. This, according to historian Naomi Griffiths, author of The Splendid Vision. In 1919, ten years before the famous Persons' Case was won, the Council petitioned Ottawa for the appointment of women to the Senate. Maybe those gals were ahead of their time after all.