Manitoba Organization: University Women’s Club of Winnipeg

The University Women’s Club of Winnipeg, founded on 14 April 1909, provides fellowship for members, leadership and effective action for community initiatives, and a voice for national issues through the Canadian Federation of University Women.

Presidents of the University Women’s Club of Winnipeg:

Period	President
1909-1910	Mary Elizabeth Crawford (1876-1953)
1910-1911	Margaret Jeannette Johnston (1862-1921)
1911-1912	Mrs. H. R. Hadcock Eva Lilian Jones (1871-1948)
1912-1913	Mary Elizabeth Crawford (1876-1953)
1913-1915	Margaret Stovel McWilliams (1875-1952)
1915-1917	Miss Elsie Moore
1917-1918	Mrs. L. B. Copeland Miss Margaret Springate
1918-1919	Miss Margaret Springate Mrs. G. L. Lennox
1919-1920	Mrs. G. L. Lennox
1920-1921	Mrs. Eldon Siddall
1921-1922	Miss E. M. MacDougall
1922-1923	Mrs. E. D. Honeyman
1923-1924	Miss Myrtle Lewis
1924-1926	Mrs. W. W. Cross
1926-1928	Mrs. C. A. Hallberg
1928-1930	Mrs. Leonard Heaton
1930-1932	Miss Mary Stewart
1932-1934	Mrs. J. S. DeLury
1934-1936	Louise Olive Cole (?-1965)
1936-1938	Mrs. F. G. Ritchie
1938-1939	Mrs. C. Rhodes-Smith
1939-1941	Mrs. H. B. Somerfield
1941-1943	Mrs. Norman James
1943-1945	Doris Boyce Saunders (1901-2003)
1945-1947	Avis Birdina Maude Clark (1883-?)
1947-1949	Miss Lela McKnight
1949-1951	Aileen Motley Doerkson (?-1971)
1951-1953	Mrs. C. Rhodes-Smith Mrs. C. S. Gow
1953-1955	Mrs. C. S. Gow
1955-1957	Mrs. Cyril Ashmore
1957-1959	Genevieve Brock Brownell (1901-1999)
1959-1961	Myrtle Rietta Conway (1908-2005)
1961-1963	Mrs. Harold A. Plant
1963-1965	Mrs. W. W. Smith
1965-1967	Mrs. James A. Clark
1967-1969	Mrs. Russell Woods
1970-1971	Mrs. C. A. E. Jensen
1971-1973	Mrs. Rupert Whitehead
1973-1975	Mrs. Ashley Thomson
1975-1977	Frances Arnett Bowles
1977-1979	Mrs. Freda Gray
1979-1981	Miss Shirley Bradshaw
1981-1983	Dr. Alice Cheatley
1983-1984	Mrs. A. T. (Nina) Phillips
1984-1986
1986-1988	Mrs. H. G. (Genevieve) Doidge
1988-1990	Doris Mae Oulton
1990-1992	Joyce Hill
1992-1993	Elisabeth Bevis
1993-1995	Susan Irving
1995-1997	Donna Margaret Louise Crosland Blight (1936-2008)
1997-1999	Betty Shearer
1999-2001	Mary Scott
2001-2003	Lorraine Cook
2003-2005	Dr. Muriel Smith OC
2005-2007	Helen Norrie
2007-2009	Janet Goldack
2009-2010	Céline P. Kear
2010-present	Sylvia Marsh

See also:

University Women’s Club of Winnipeg

Source:

We thank the University Women’s Club of Winnipeg for providing a list of its Presidents through the years.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 28 April 2013