Vancouver Centennial Plaque #72 – Council of Women

Address:           499 Granville Street

Status:             Missing

“COUNCIL OF WOMEN

The Vancouver Council of Women was formed on November 10, 1894 at Dunn Hall. Causes it has championed include equal pay for equal work, a consumer's league, the Children's Aid Society and, in 1912, the appointment of Vancouver's (and Canada's) first policewoman.”

Credit: Vancouver Centennial Commission, Historic Plaque Program – list and documentation plaques 50-100 (June 18, 1986). Courtesy of Vancouver Archives

Lady Georgina Reid – first President of the Vancouver Council of Women

Photo credit: Vancouver Archives (AM54-S4- Port P1283)