McNaughton, Violet Clara National Historic Person
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
McNaughton, Violet Clara
© Parks Canada
Address :
446 - 2nd Avenue North, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1998-03-12
Life Date:
1879 to 1968
Other Name(s):
-
McNaughton, Violet Clara
(Designation Name)
Research Report Number:
1997-70
Importance:
Organized the Women Grain Growers; instigated public funded medical care programs
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: Western Producer Building 446 - 2nd Avenue North, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
A leader in the women's, peace and cooperative movements, Violet McNaughton fought for social reforms that inspired many Canadians. Drawing on her experience as a farm wife, she organized the Women Grain Growers and contributed to the development of the Wheat Pool as a cooperative marketing agency. McNaughton also led the fight for women's enfranchisement and for publicly funded medical care programs in Saskatchewan. From 1926 to 1960, she promoted her vision of agrarian feminism, pacifism and the cooperative movement as a journalist with The Western Producer.