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Shirley Gyles

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TweetPresident, The Coloured Women’s Club of Montreal, Montreal, QC. Born: Montreal, QC. Shirley Gyles is President of The Coloured Women’s Club (CWC) of Montreal, the first and oldest Black women’s organization in Canada. The group was founded in 1902 by seven American women whose husbands worked for the railway. Ostracized from other groups, the women [...]

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