That time when Sylvia Ostry was told she had to enter through the side door of a private club - Video transcript
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(An animated rendition of Sylvia Ostry is on screen)
(The name and title: “Dr. Sylvia Ostry – Canada’s first and only female Chief Statistician” is on screen)
The funniest thing was when Flo Bird had her first meeting to discuss the Royal Commission on Women, it was held at a very fancy club in Ottawa and I was coming into have lunch with her
(The name: “Senator Florence “Flo” Bird” appears on screen)
and I was stopped at the entrance and I said, I’m sorry, I have a luncheon meeting with Senator Bird. They said, you can’t come in this door, I said what do you mean I can’t come in this door? Not allowed, as a woman, you have to go in the side door. So I burst out laughing, I said, that’s good cause we’re having a meeting on a Royal Commission for Women and I’ll make sure that this place is either closed or you open the front door.
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