Title: The sweet sixteen : the journey that inspired the Canadian Women's Press Club /
Authors: Kay, Linda.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Canadian Women's Press Club History.; Women journalists Canada Biography.; Women in journalism Canada History; Women and journalism Canada History
Abstract: In 1904, sixteen Canadian women journalists travelled together by train to cover the St Louis World's Fair. This book traces the fateful ten-day trip that resulted in the formation of a professional club for the advancement of Canadian newspaper women.
Contents: Demanding equal rights -- The French connection -- All aboard -- Getting acquainted -- Crossing the border -- Meet me in St Louis -- Down the Pike -- A day of rest -- The Boer War -- Farewell to the fair -- A presidential convention -- A club is born -- Winnipeg and Alberta, 1906 -- The rise and fall.