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  • Declassified police documents describe Rita MacNeil as “the one who composes and sings women’s lib songs.”

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    Rita MacNeil“I’m no rabble-rouser”

    by Frances Rooney | October 20, 2008

    For decades, many Canadians thought of Rita MacNeil as their own gentle, shy, legendary singer songwriter. Then, last August, recently declassified documents from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police revealed that, in the early 1970s, she was part of a group that the RCMP infiltrated and spied on. The group? Women. Whooo, scary!  read more

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  • March 8, 2000: International Women’s Day

    The World March of Women 2000 – which happened on March 8, International Women’s Day – is a day etched in the world’s calendar. It was on this day that a planetary solidarity movement happened, marking women’s determination to shake up the powers that be. Here are some of the key events that happened on that day. read more