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The National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC, (フランス語:Conseil national des femmes du Canada), (''CNFC'')) is a Canadian advocacy organization based in Ottawa aimed at improving conditions for women, families, and communities. A federation of nationally-organized societies of men and women and local and provincial councils of women, it is the Canadian member of the International Council of Women (ICW). The Council has concerned itself in areas including women's suffrage, immigration, health care, education, mass media, the environment, and many others.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 National Council of Women of Canada fonds )〕 Formed on October 27, 1893 in Toronto, Ontario, it is one of the oldest advocacy organizations in the country.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 National Council of Women of Canada )〕 Lady Aberdeen was elected the first president of the National Council of Women of Canada in 1893. Prominent Council leaders included Lady Gzowski, Dr. Augusta Stowe-Gullen, and Adelaide Hoodless. ==Founding== The International Council of Women was founded in 1888 in Washington D.C., United States. By May 1893, the IWC World's Congress of Representative Women had met in Chicago and discussed creating a Canadian Council. The Council formally began its existence on October 27 at a public meeting at the Horticultural Pavilion of the Allen Gardens in Toronto. Over 1,500 women attended the meeting, which was chaired by Lady Aberdeen, wife of then-Governor General John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen. Lady Aberdeen served as the Council's first president until her resignation in 1899; she was succeeded by Lady Taylor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 About Us - History )〕
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