Canadian Voice of Women for Peace

Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, also known as Voice of Women or VOW, is a Canadian anti-nuclear organisation which was formed in 1960 in response to an article in which Lotta Dempsey, a journalist for the Toronto Star, called out for action against the threat of nuclear war and asked women to work together for peace.[1] In response to the article, a group of women contacted Dempsey, and formed a women's organization that they called Canadian Voice of Women for Peace. The membership quickly grew to six thousand members, and the organization held an international peace conference – the first of its kind – in 1962.[2] One of the most effective campaigns that Voice of Women implemented was collecting baby teeth in North America and demonstrated that the baby teeth collected contained high levels of Strontium-90, in order to put pressure on the Canadian government to promote a treaty banning nuclear testing.[1][3]

Prominent women associated with VOW include Thérèse Casgrain and Grace Hartman.

See also
  • "Finding aid to Voice of Women fonds at Library and Archives Canada" (PDF). Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

References
  1. "About Us - Canadian Voice of Women for Peace". Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  2. "Peace Magazine Archive - Voice of Women for Peace". Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  3. Prentice, Alison; et al. (1988). Canadian Women: A History. Toronto: Brace, Harcourt, Jovanovich.


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