Business and Professional Women’s Club of Sherbrooke

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Business and Professional Women’s Club of Sherbrooke

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        Dates of existence

        1934-[196-?]

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        The Business and Professional Women’s Club of Sherbrooke was founded in July 1934 by a group of fifteen women. Jean Kinkead was elected as their first president. The Club was organized with members, all of whom had to be gainfully employed women, and an elected president. In 1935, the Sherbrooke club became a chapter of the Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs. In 1937, the Sherbrooke club was instrumental in the establishment of the Border Business and Professional Women’s Club in Rock Island.

        Initially the Club focused on bringing professional women together and on highlighting women active in the professional or political spheres through hosting special speakers, among which included Nellie McClung in 1939. During the war, the Club’s activities largely focused on war work. In 1945, the Business and Professional Women’s Club of Sherbrooke established a public speaking contest for girls from Sherbrooke and Lennoxville High Schools.

        Later on, the Business and Professional Women’s Club of Sherbrooke’s primary aim was to provide friendship and fellowship for working women. It is likely that the Club disbanded in the late 1960s.

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            “Sherbrooke Business Women Marking Week of Oct. 20-26,” Sherbrooke Daily Record, 5 October 1963, p. 6.
            “More power with more women slogan of club and Business Women’s Week, Oct. 16-22,” 15 October 1966, p. 7.

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