Window on the World
THE WOMEN'S ART SOCIETY OF MONTREAL: A WINDOW ON THE WORLD 1894-1904
The Women's Art Society of Montreal's early days in the context of national and global events.
1894
The Women's Art Society of Montreal is founded as the Montreal branch of the Toronto-based Women's Art Association of Canada
1894 June 6
Inaugural meeting of the Women's Art Society of Montreal, dedicated to the advancement of art, literature and music in the life of Montreal
1894 September 27
Opening meeting of the first session of the Women's Art Society of Montreal, held at the YMCA Assembly Hall on Dominion Square
1894
Mrs. James H. Peck, nee Mary Alice Skelton, becomes the first president of the Women's Art Society of Montreal. She holds office until 1896
1894 December 21
Mackenzie Bowell is sworn in as Prime Minister
1894 December 22
Captain Albert Dreyfus is found guilty of selling French military secrets to foreign agents
1895
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane is published. Women's skirts are shortened for bicycling wear. German physicist Whilhelm Roentgen discovers x-rays.
1896 May 1
Charles Tupper is sworn in as Prime Minister
1896 July 11
Wilfred Laurier is sworn in as Prime Minister
1896-1897
National Women's Art Association commissions decoration of 204-piece dinner service commemorating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee & the discovery of Canada by John Cabot.
1897
Mary Phillips, a founder of the Women's Art Association, becomes president, serving until 1906. Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrates 60th anniversary of her ascension. Klondike gold rush begins.
1898
Lady Aberdeen, Governor General's wife, patroness of the national Women's Art Association, receives dinner set commemorating Victoria's Diamond Jubilee & the discover of Canada by John Cabot
1898 June 13
The Yukon becomes a Territory separate from the North-West Territories. The boundaries of Quebec are extended north, almost complementing the revised northern boundary of Ontario
1899 October 11
Boer War begins. Treaty No. 8 is drawn up, the first of the northern treaties covering an area of 324,900 sq miles and the most geographically extensive treaty activity undertaken to date.
1900
An "Exhibition of Arts & Handicrafts", opened by Lord Strathcona, attracts 8000 visitors. The exhibits from needlework, lace-ceramics, and pottery.
1900 April 26
Hull, Quebec, is devesatated by fire
1901 January 22
Queen Victoria dies. Edward VII becomes King of England.
1902
The Montreal Women's Art Association holds the first crafts exhibition confined solely to the work of Canadians. "Our Handicrafts Shop" opens.
1902 May 31
Boer War ends
1903
Lady Strathcona Capital Fund is created by the Montreal Women's Art Association to aid "Our Handicrafts Shop" in the display, sale, and distribution of Canadian-made handiwork.
1903 December 17
The Wright brothers make the first controlled, sustained airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
1904 January
Hiawatha and the Land of the Ojibways nets almost $500 for the Lady Strathcona Capital Fund
1904 May 14
Desmarteau wins Canada's first Olympic godl medal in the hammer throw event