The Congress of Canadian Women (French: Congrès des femmes canadiennes) was a feminist organization created in March 1950 by the merger of several organizations, including the Housewives and Consumers Association.
[1] Former Labor-Progressive Party Member of Parliament Dorise Nielsen was also involved in founding the organization.
[3] The CCW was largely led by women associated with the communist Labor-Progressive Party[4] and was also involved with the peace movement during the Cold War,[5] facilitating meetings between people from the Soviet Union and Canadians, by inviting them to visit Canada.
[6] There is a file of papers related to the Congress of Canadian Women in the Canadian Women's Movement Archive at the University of Ottawa Library.
[7] The Diefenbunker Museum in Ontario holds a peace campaign pin produced in the 1950s by the Congress of Canadian Women.