[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":104},["ShallowReactive",2],{"activist-section-ann-bell-key-achievements":3,"activist-ann-bell":40},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":12,"extension":32,"meta":33,"navigation":34,"oldPath":35,"path":36,"seo":37,"stem":38,"__hash__":39},"activistSections\u002Factivists\u002Fann-bell\u002F03.key-achievements.md","Key Achievements",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":28},"minimark",[9,13,16,19,25],[10,11,12],"p",{},"In Ann's view, the overarching achievement of the Advisory Council has been to raise public awareness and education on the need for women to be equitably represented in every aspect of society. The proof of their success is that the public can now articulate the need for women's involvement in all areas of government, and there are significant numbers of women in senior levels of government—ministers and deputy ministers, directors, and cabinet members.",[10,14,15],{},"Ann regards such achievements as belonging to women in general and not just to herself; she measures progress by the gains made to women's confidence and consciousness of who they are and what they can achieve. Conceding that there are younger women who believe \"they can do anything they want on an individual basis,\" who don't see the need for a Women's Movement, Ann counters that there are many gaps and issues concerning women as a group that are not being addressed in public policy—a signal that \"ongoing discussion\" is needed now as much as ever.",[10,17,18],{},"Ann would target funding for education of girls and boys before they reached junior high school to instil a sense of potential and opportunities. Girls should be made aware of non-traditional fields of employment, and the issue of pay equity. Ann sees that all too often male teachers and classmates can discourage girls from pursuing their interests, and feels that more women teachers from grade five through high school would provide vital support. While girls are graduating from high school and entering university at the same rate as boys, they do not go into the higher-paying fields:",[20,21,22],"blockquote",{},[10,23,24],{},"We are valued by the kind of jobs we have and the money we make. On an individual basis, yes you do value individuals for their conscience, their life, their friendship, and their intellect, but on a society basis—women are not there.",[10,26,27],{},"Other social and economic needs she earmarks for attention include the education of girls on the need to maintain independence and provide for their family, if necessary. Ann is also concerned about the issue of recruitment and support for girls in leadership roles. Society as a whole, and women in their own lives, must be prepared to advocate for this kind of change to make it happen.",{"title":29,"searchDepth":30,"depth":30,"links":31},"",2,[],"md",{},true,"\u002Fann-bell\u002Fkey-achievements","\u002Factivists\u002Fann-bell\u002Fkey-achievements",{"title":5,"description":12},"activists\u002Fann-bell\u002F03.key-achievements","g9YKk2NTtIoPYBFphp50-fD5UT9SYf-sADEcwupw7Yc",{"id":41,"title":42,"body":43,"description":72,"extension":32,"links":73,"meta":74,"navigation":34,"oldPath":75,"path":76,"pictures":77,"portrait":81,"portraitAlt":82,"province":83,"quote":84,"sections":85,"seo":100,"stem":101,"summary":102,"__hash__":103},"activists\u002Factivists\u002Fann-bell\u002Findex.md","Ann Bell",{"type":7,"value":44,"toc":70},[45,56,59,64,67],[10,46,47,48,55],{},"En route to interviewing Ann Bell, Liz Burge wondered if there might be time to tour the well-known historic ",[49,50,54],"a",{"href":51,"rel":52},"http:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuidi_Vidi",[53],"nofollow","Quidi Vidi"," community with its famous lake, brewery, and heritage buildings. The answer came shortly into the interview that Ann's sunlit house was the best place to be, and would fill her time most gratifyingly with tales of principled thinking and feisty action for the advancement of women. Candid, organized, at times reflective and a wicked storyteller, Ann kept Liz at full attention until they lunched in downtown St. John's and Ann set off for another meeting.",[10,57,58],{},"Ann was one of five children growing up in Deer Lake, Newfoundland, with a population of 6,000. Although her mother was quiet and somewhat reclusive, Ann described her as the \"boss\" of the family—a bright, articulate, self-educated woman whose shyness kept her from mixing with neighbours. She was different from other women in the neighbourhood:",[20,60,61],{},[10,62,63],{},"None of my friends' mothers smoked, and all of my friends' mothers went to church. And my mother smoked cigarettes and she never went inside a church door! She was an agnostic and an atheist, and made no bones about it. She was very much her own person.",[10,65,66],{},"Her mother's proverbs provided guidance throughout Ann's life: \"If ignorance is bliss, it's folly to be wise\" and \"We don't steer our ship by another's compass.\"",[10,68,69],{},"By contrast, Ann's father was outgoing and well known for his involvement in the community. He chaired committees, belonged to the Masons, and eventually became Grand Master of the Lodge; and he was active in the United Church. His work as a supervisor in the local pulp and paper company meant that people would come to him looking for employment, and Ann emphasized that far from being superior, he was approachable and never arrogant.",{"title":29,"searchDepth":30,"depth":30,"links":71},[],"En route to interviewing Ann Bell, Liz Burge wondered if there might be time to tour the well-known historic Quidi Vidi community with its famous lake, brewery, and heritage buildings. The answer came shortly into the interview that Ann's sunlit house was the best place to be, and would fill her time most gratifyingly with tales of principled thinking and feisty action for the advancement of women. Candid, organized, at times reflective and a wicked storyteller, Ann kept Liz at full attention until they lunched in downtown St. John's and Ann set off for another meeting.",[],{},"\u002Fcontent\u002Fann-bell","\u002Factivists\u002Fann-bell",[78],{"image":79,"caption":80},"\u002Fimages\u002Factivists\u002Fann-bell\u002Fpicture-1.jpg","Front row, left to right: Sheilah Mackinnon Drover and Ann Bell. Back row, left to right: five women members of the Icelandic parliament, Lynn Verge & Nancy Robbins. Early 1990s.","\u002Fimages\u002Factivists\u002Fann-bell\u002Fportrait.jpg","Portrait of Ann Bell.","Newfoundland and Labrador","At the time you're part of it, you don't realize you're a part of it; it's only when you look back that you can see that we were part of that snowball that was moving, identifying issues and speaking out.",[86,89,92,94,97],{"slug":87,"label":88},"forming-her-activism","Forming Her Activism",{"slug":90,"label":91},"practicing-her-activism","Practicing Her Activism",{"slug":93,"label":5},"key-achievements",{"slug":95,"label":96},"lessons-learned","Lessons Learned",{"slug":98,"label":99},"last-words","Last Words",{"title":42,"description":72},"activists\u002Fann-bell\u002Findex","Ann Bell's nurses union experience honed her leadership and political skills for addressing women's legal disadvantages and their lack of representation in public policy discussions, later expanding into many other issues that emerged while she led the Provincial Advisory Council on the Status of Women during its crucial first years.","_f_iwOTdWyv07NVCNMPdecEB1Xe9zey7eJND4NwfiNo",1789062651593]