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Canadian Women's Press Club, Vancouver Island Branch : Dorothy Taylor
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The Canadian Women's Press Club was founded in 1904 by a group of Canadian woman reporters returning from a complimentary trip to the St. Louis Exposition. The club was suggested by George Henry Ham, the CPR's publicity director, and the first president was Kathleen Blake "Kit" Coleman. The Toronto Branch was founded in 1909, one of 15 regional branches organized over the years. Established as a "craft club" to help and promote its members in the profession of journalism, the Club remained active until the 1990's, counting as members most Canadian women journalists of note. In 1971 the Canadian Women's Press Club became the Media Club of Canada, and the Toronto Branch of the Club became the Media Club of Canada, Toronto Branch. In 1976 the Toronto Branch became an autonomous group under the name Toronto Women's Press Club, later changed to the Women's Press Club of Toronto. The Toronto Branch ceased in 199? and the Media Club of Canada suspended operations in 199?
By the 1980's the Women's Press Club of Toronto had launched a history project and put Kay Rex, a long-time member, in charge of collecting materials and writing a history of the Canadian Women's Press Club to 1971. Her book No Daughter of Mine: The Women and History of the Canadian Women's Press Club, 1904-1971 was published in 1995 by the University of Toronto Press.
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Scrapbook compiled by the Vancouver Island Branch of the C.W.P.C relating to the life and achievements of Dorothy Taylor, women journalist, Past President of the Canadian Women's Press Club, prizewinning breeder of livestock and other animals, and world traveler. This scrapbook contains predominantly newsclippings reporting on Miss Taylor's lifetime achievements.
Many of these articles report on Miss Taylor's achievements as editor and publisher of the British Columbian newspaper. Some of the articles in this scrapbook relate to Miss Taylor's appointment as President of the C.W.P.C in 1954 and on her work and activities as president of the club. Other articles report on her being awarded the Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Achievement Award in 1954.
A large number of the articles combine reports on Miss Taylor's journalistic success with reports on the awards she has won during her lifetime as a champion breeder of livestock, chicken, horses, and Irish terriers.
Other articles describe her international travels including her tour of Central America with her car and her dogs. This was one of the first trips made by car over the Pan-American Highway. A few articles report on her trip to the U.K. where she witnessed the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Another article refers to her trip in the Pyrenees on a donkey and her tour of Britanny on a bicycle.
The clippings contained in this file also include articles written by Dorothy Taylor covering the visit of French author Paul Visalar to Vancouver, in addition to travel reports written during her six-week tour of Mexico, Texas, and California.
This scrapbook also contains a photograph taken at the ninth World's Poultry Congress in Paris in 1951 depicting Miss Taylor and other attendees. Some correspondence relating to the C.W.P.C biennial convention in 1956 is also contained in this scrapbook. Other materials include correspondence received from the Canadian Jersey Cattle Club in April 1959 informing Miss Taylor that her Jersey bull Charita is a prizewinner in the club's agricultural fair, as well as correspondence relating to the ninth World's Poultry Congress in Paris in 1951.
This scrapbook also contains a letter to Dorothy Taylor dated May 3, 1954 from the Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity informing her that she is to be awarded a Kappa Kappa Gamma Achievement Award.
Other items contained in this scrapbook include a press release by the Canadian Jersey Cattle Club in 1959 reporting on Dorothy Taylor's achievements as a champion cattle breeder, in addition to a certificate stating that the jersey bull, Charita has qualified as a superior sire. Also included in this scrapbook is a Certificate of Membership of the American Poultry Association belonging to Dorothy Taylor, as well as a program for a horseracing event at Lansdowne Park in Vancouver, B.C. on July 1952. This scrapbook also contains a pin that was worn by Dorothy Taylor at the 21st Royal Winter Fair in 1949.
A program for the Spring Dinner of the Canadian Federation of University Women in May 1954 at which Dorothy Taylor was a guest speaker is also contained in this scrapbook, as well as a certificate stating that Miss Taylor was a guest speaker of the Kiwanis Club of New Westminster in British Columbia in 1953.
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