WINning Through Courage, Vision & Conviction.

• Date: 01 September 2021
• Author: Gander, Lois

WINning is the story of people--mostly women--whose courage, vision, and commitment provoked societal recognition of women's realities and needs.

In 1968, a small group of women put a plan in motion that would change the lives of countless women facing desperate choices.

In WINning: The Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs of Opening a Women's Shelter, Marsha Mildon traces the story back to its beginnings at the Greyhound bus station in downtown Edmonton. And to the dogged determination of a handful of women committed to helping the vulnerable young women arriving there. Friends recruited friends. Then, with the help of several organizations, they opened Edmonton's first women's drop-in emergency shelter- a 'sit-up', coffee, and referral service.

The shelter accepted any woman who sought help. This 'low barrier' approach to shelter was ahead of...