Manitoba Organization: Provincial Council of Women of Manitoba

This organization was founded in 1949.

Presidents

Period

President

1949-?

Josephine Eleanor Parkin Ritchie (1895-1979)

c1953

Miss Frances J. McKay

?-?

Ruth Heyes Struthers (1900-1989)

1961-1962

Hortense Grandbois Noble Wood (1902-1987)

c1968

Anne Ethel “Nan” Murphy (1902-1990)

1972

Alys Danton Hunter “Alice” Robertson (1912-1995)

?-?

Elizabeth Hepworth “Betty” Feniak (1920-2013)

?-?

Irene Elizabeth Church Grant (1914-2009)

Sources:

“Mrs. Frank G. Ritchie President of new Manitoba Provincial Council of Women,” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 November 1949, page 12.

Our History, Provincial Council of Women of Manitoba.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 23 May 2026