CALL NUMBER: T3545:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Leonie Lalonde Anderson : career in law of one of the first women admitted to the B.C. Bar RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Leonie Lalonde Anderson discusses family origin in Quebec. Birth by twilight sleep. Babyhood in Port Arthur, Ontario. Arrival in Rossland, B.C. Early childhood in a mining community. Memories of parents. Education. Bilingual upbringing. Schooling in Vancouver and Kitsilano. No university education available in B.C. Large numbers of students going East. Mrs. Anderson's desire for a medical career. Articles with Taylor, Harvey, Gant, Stockton, and Smith. Memories of partners and details of work in the office. Memories of Bob Smith and Mary Ellen Smith. Inadequacy of salary. Shorter articles for university graduates. Examinations. Vancouver Students' Law Society. Law lectures: content, fees, libraries. Attitudes to female law students. Bessie Cruikshank, Edith Patterson, Gladys Kitchen, Mabel French, Muriel Ringland, and Viola McCrossan. Effects of World War I, war work. Further memories of S.S. Taylor and E.C. Mayers, the secretaries. TRACK 2: The call to the bar on July 7, 1919. Anecdotes about social life, motor cars, early transportation in and around Vancouver. Work in investment firm. Courtship and marriage. Retirement from legal career. Work with I.O.D.E. Role of women in society.

CALL NUMBER: T3545:0002 - 0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Leonie Lalonde Anderson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-07 SUMMARY: [No content summaries or documentation available for these two tapes.]