"Extraordinary Ordinary Women:

Manitoba Women and Their Stories"

Do you remember your mother, your grandmother, your aunt...and all the things that they had to do, just to survive?

Their lives were extraordinary - although they would never have considered themselves anything other than women who were just doing whatever it took for them and their families to survive.

Women need to be remembered for the contributions that they made to our lives and to the growth and development of Manitoba as:

• Women and the fur trade
• Farm Women
• Women and the Arts
• Women as Healers
• Women and Education
• Women in War Time
• Women in the Labour Force
• Women as Community Builders
• Women as Activists
• Women and Commerce

Extraordinary Ordinary Women is a millennium project of the Manitoba Council of the Canadian Federation of University Women. The book contains the stories of 39 individual women and 2 further stories of women's groups beautifully written and illustrated with historic photos from throughout Manitoba.

The original date of publication was October 2000, (our Millennium Project)and it has now gone through three printings, a total of 3,500. Copies have been distributed to all Manitoba high schools, and Manitoba Resource Centres. Approximately $30,000 has been raised for scholarships, much of this matched by the Province.

Please call the Club to order - they are $20.00 plus shipping costs. Call (204) 954 7880

Questions? You can e-mail us at Extraordinary Women and we will respond to your inquiry.

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