词条 | Grace Hartman (trade unionist) |
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|name = Grace Hartman |office = 2nd National President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees |order = |honorific-prefix = |honorific-suffix = |image = |alt = |smallimage = |caption = |predecessor = Stan Little |successor = Jeff Rose |footnotes = |signature = |signature_alt = |majority = |majority2 = |office2 = 2nd National Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Union of Public Employees |order2 = |predecessor2 = Robert P. Rintoul |president2 = Stan Little |successor2 = Kealey Cummings |party = |birth_date = July 14, 1918 |birth_place = Toronto, Ontario |death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|12|18|1918|07|14}} |death_place =Toronto, Ontario |citizenship = |nationality = |otherparty = |spouse = |partner = |relations = |children = |residence = |alma_mater = |occupation = Secretary, trade unionist, social activist |profession = |cabinet = |committees = |portfolio = |religion = |blank1 = |data1 = |website = |imagesize = |term_start = 1975 |term_end = 1983 |term_start2 = 1967 |term_end2 = 1975 |restingplace = |restingplacecoordinates = |birthname = Grace Fulcher |blank2 = |data2 = |blank3 = |data3 = |blank4 = |data4 = |blank5 = |data5 = }} Grace Hartman (née Fulcher, July 14, 1918 – December 18, 1993) was a Canadian labour union activist, whose 1975 election to the presidency of the Canadian Union of Public Employees made her the first woman in North America to lead a major labour union. Union activismPrior to 1963, Hartman was a member of one of CUPE's predecessor unions, the National Union of Public Employees. As a secretary for the Township of North York, Ontario, she was a member of NUPE Local 373. Hartman held several local executive positions and was elected president of the local in 1959, a position she held until 1967. Feminist activismHartman was a prominent participant in the feminist movement, and a strong advocate for gender pay equity. In 1965, she chaired the Ontario Federation of Labour's Women's Committee.[1] She joined the steering committee of the Committee for the Equality of Women in Canada in 1966, which successfully lobbied the Canadian government to establish the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada. In 1968, Hartman was appointed to the Advisory Council of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women.[2] In 1974-75, she became the second national president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women. Honours and positionsHartman was awarded the Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case in 1985.[3] Hartman was also awarded honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from York University and Queen's University.[4] References1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.cupe1975.ca/bursary/alex.html|title=Grace Hartman Norm Quan Bursary 2000 Winner by Alex Beszterda|website=www.cupe1975.ca|access-date=2016-04-10}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://section15.ca/features/people/2000/11/17/grace_hartman_union/|title=Grace Hartman :: section15.ca|website=section15.ca|access-date=2016-04-10}} 3. ^Past recipients of the Governor General's Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614070754/http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/dates/persons/1985/recipients-1985_e.html |date=2008-06-14 }} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://cupe.ca/grace-hartman-cupe-national-president-1975-1983|title=Grace Hartman, CUPE national president, 1975-1983|website=Canadian Union of Public Employees|access-date=2016-04-10}} Further reading{{refbegin}}
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