Violet McNaughton (activist)
Violet McNaughton | |
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| Born | Violet Clara Jackson November 11, 1879 |
| Died | February 3, 1968 (aged 88) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | activist, newspaper editor, journalist |
| Years active | c. 1914–1959 |
| Spouse | John McNaughton (1910–1965; his death) |
Violet Clara McNaughton (née Jackson; November 11, 1879 – February 3, 1968) was a Canadian journalist and women's rights activist.
McNaughton was born in England and immigrated to Canada in 1909. She married John McNaughton, a homesteader and farmer near Harris, Saskatchewan, and soon became a leader amongst farm women. She was an organizer of the Women Grain Growers and became its president in 1914. She also served as a member of the Saskatchewan Equal Franchise League, Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association and as president of the Inter-provincial Council of Farm Women and Women’s Section of the Canadian Council of Agriculture. In 1925, she became an editor of the women's section ("Mainly for Women") of the Western Producer farmers' newspaper and served in that post until her retirement in 1950, though she continued as a columnist until 1959.[1][2] In 1989, the segment "A Letter from Violet" of movie Five Feminist Minutes was made to dedicate the memory of her. 1997, she was named a Persons of National Historic Significance by the Canadian government. She died in 1968.[3]
