Klondike Pioneer
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Back Alley - Dog Friendly - Outside wall of Building. To log site you must indicate what Madeleine is holding in her arms in the picture.
Waymark Code: WMBQKH
Location: Yukon Territory, Canada
Date Posted: 06/13/2011
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Madeleine was a true pioneer. She was famous for her battle with the Yukon Order of Pioneers. She passed away in 2010 at age 88 after spending most of her life in Dawson City.
Encouraged by a few male members of the Order, Gould, along with three other Dawson women, Margie Fry, Vi Campbell and Susan Herrmann, applied for membership in the all-male organization in 1987.
But they were rejected by the Yukon’s oldest fraternal club because they were women.
The Yukon Human Rights Commission took up the challenge on the grounds of discrimination and nine years later, the case was heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. It upheld the Yukon Supreme Court’s decision and rejected Gould’s complaint.
The ruling was made by nine Justices. The seven male Justices ruled against Gould, while the two female Justices ruled in her favour.
But the Supreme Court decision didn’t stop Gould from sporting a T-shirt that read “The Yukon: where men are men and women are Pioneers.” The feisty Dawsonite also participated in one of the Discovery Days parades with women from across the territory and beyond, all carrying placards. One said, ” No Yoopie, No Whoopie.”
For more information on Madeleine visit: www.yukon-news.com/news/17285/
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