"All my life, I have been a woman's woman." - Francis Beynon

I am loving researching the many incredible women that have helped shaped the Saskatchewan dream!  With the help of the Legislative Library Staff I have got my hands on some great resources.  Right now I am reading a book called Foremothers by Candace Savage and the words of Ms. Francis Beynon who was the women's editor of the Grain Growers' Guide from 1912 to 1917 are particularly inspiring.  Although Ms. Beynon was not a Saskatchewanian, she certainly rallied women in our province to fight for their rights through her columns.  Here is a sample of what she had to say:

"I don't like the idea that the man gives his wife money at all.  I protest that the wife who... works from nine to twelve hours a day has produced a certain amount of wealth, otherwise she must be in the wrong place in the industrial world.  The manager of a business does not think he is performing an act of charity when he pays his employees at the end of the week."

"We have too long been contended with the kind of motherhood that can... see little children toiling incredible hours in factories and canning sheds... and say calmly, 'Thank God, it isn't my children.'  I tell you, sisters, this kind of motherhood isn't good enough for the present day.  We want a new spirit of motherhood -- mothers whose love for their own children teaches them love for all children..."

"All my life, I have been a woman's woman."