Profiles of Alberta Women
Ethel Taylor – Supporting Information
Archival materials
Alberta New Democratic Party, Red Deer Constituency fonds. Red Deer and District Archives, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. https://albertaonrecord.ca/alberta-new-democratic-party-red-deer-constituency-fonds.
CCF/NDP History: Dr. Howard Leeson Interview with Ethel Taylor. 1976. PR2008.0329/0017, Howard Leeson fonds. Provincial Archives of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Ethel Taylor fonds. Red Deer and District Archives, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. https://edit.albertaonrecord.ca/ethel-taylor-fonds.
Memorial Society of Red Deer and District fonds. Red Deer and District Archives, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. https://edit.albertaonrecord.ca/memorial-society-of-red-deer-and-district-fonds.
New Horizons Oral History Project collection. Glenbow Library and Archives, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Red Deer Public Library Board fonds. Red Deer and District Archives, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. https://edit.albertaonrecord.ca/red-deer-public-library-board-fonds.
Red Deer Quota Club fonds. Red Deer and District Archives, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. https://edit.albertaonrecord.ca/red-deer-quota-club-fonds.
Waska-Sues fonds. Red Deer and District Archives, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. https://edit.albertaonrecord.ca/waska-sues-fonds.
Awards and honours
1967 – Centennial Award, Government of Canada
1975 – Alberta Achievement Award for Service, Government of Alberta
1977 – Red Deer Citizen of the Year
1979 – Taylor Bridge and Taylor Drive in Red Deer named in her honour
1982 – Honorary Doctorate of Laws, University of Alberta
Further reading
Dawes, Michael. “Remembering Ethel Taylor’s local legacy.” Red Deer Express, October 19, 2011. https://www.reddeerexpress.com/columns/remembering-ethel-taylors-local-legacy/
Dawes, Michael. “Taylor Drive honours legacy of outstanding community volunteer.” Red Deer Advocate, April 24, 2019. https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/opinion/taylor-drive-honours-legacy-of-outstanding-community-volunteer/
MacKinnon, Doris J. “’Just an Ordinary Person’: The History of Dr. Ethel Taylor.” Prairie Forum 31, no. 1 (Spring 2006): 127-140. https://awmp.athabascau.ca/documents/MacKinnon.pdf
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