Schulich School of Law student, Sarah Dobson (BA’17) and Grace Evans (political science student) are creating a book about the 50 women elected to Nova Scotia’s legislature.

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This year, the province celebrated 200 years of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In those 200 years, there have only been 50 women elected; sixteen of them are currently in office.

Dal students Sarah Dobson and Grace Evans have started a project to celebrate and remember the stories of the 50 women elected to the legislature in Nova Scotia — a book.

The book’s working title is On Their Shoulders: The Women Who Paved the Way in Nova Scotia Politics. It will dedicate each page to an excerpt from each politician’s story: who they are, what it was like being a woman in politics at the time and their message to future politicians.

Read the full article, “Celebrating 50 political women: two Dal students at the helm of book project for young women in politics,” on dalgazette.com.