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Alice Ravenhill, educator and reformer

Alice Ravenhill in 1917. Alice Ravenhill in 1917 King's College of Household and Social Science · Unknown author · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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Alice Ravenhill, an educator and social reformer prominent in public health and home economics in Britain, came to Canada in 1910 and worked with the University of British Columbia, Victoria College, the Women’s Institutes and the province on educational reform. Later she wrote a pioneering school text on Indigenous societies and founded a society to promote British Columbia Indigenous arts and crafts.

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Ravenhill as described in her designation.

Sources behind this record

Alice Ravenhill National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

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