New video from the Vancouver Historical Society: "Fundraisers, Axe-Wielders, & Star Witnesses: Women on both sides of the Greater Vancouver Island Miners' Strike 1912-1914"

Women played essential roles as activists in a divided community during the Great Vancouver Island Coal Miners' Strike, 1912-1914. Join Aimee Greenaway for stories about women in Extension BC and Ladysmith, BC - from axe-wielding Minnie Axelson to Charlotte (Maffeo) Schivardi who was nicknamed a "non-union Joan of Arc" by the press. Stories are drawn from archival sources, give women back their names and voices, and highlight the integral role they played in the drive for justice and woman's rights.

Aimee Greenaway grew up in Extension, BC listening to stories about the Great Vancouver Island Coal Miners' Strike. She is curator at the Nanaimo Museum and Managing Editor of British Columbia History magazine.

Watch the video here.