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“Five Halifax Women: Feminism and the First World War.” Public Lecture Series, Mount Saint Vincent University, October 1983.

“The Uses of History and the Development of a Maritime Perspective.” Steering Committee of the Council of Maritime Premiers, Fredericton, February 1984.

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“Profiles in Canadian Leadership.” Niagara Institute, White Point Beach, April 1989.

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