Card, Identification
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| Nom de l'objet : | Card, Identification |
| Numéro d'accession : | BR2009.20.6 |
| Date de début de production : | 1961 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1972 |
| Description : | A senior citizens Mississauga Transit card for Mary Fix. The card is rectangular in shape and is made out of white card stock and is printed in orange ink with some black ink and blue pen ink. The cards features the Town of Mississauga crest in the centre and is marked on the bottom with 'Mississauga Transit Authorized by The Corporation of the Town of Mississauga'. Number marked on the top right hand corner reads '0122'. The back of the card reads provides an address to where to return the card if lost and statement regarding the prohibiting the transfer of the card to others. |
| Fonctions : | Mississauga Transit bus pass belonged to former Toronto Township Reeve Mary Fix. Mary was born in Ottawa in 1896. She graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1918 and became the first woman lawyer in Ottawa. As a woman lawyer she did not get important cases so she went into business and became a buyer for a clothing store in Ottawa. She married Albert Fix in 1931 and settled in Toronto Township. While living in Toronto Township she wrote magazine articles and raised show dachshunds until her husbands passing in April of 1945. After Albert's death she became interested in local politics and in 1953 she became Deputy-Reeve of Toronto Township, the first woman to enter politics in the township. She was elected Reeve in 1955 and re-elected in 1957 and 1958. In 1959 she became the first woman Warden of Peel County, and was again elected Reeve in 1961. She was also a member of the Library Board and a founding member of the Toronto Township Historical Society which helped restore and govern the Bradley House Museum. The donor, Christine grew up in the Lorne Park area and her grandparents were really good friends with Albert and Mary Fix. After Mary died in 1972 the entire contents of the house were given to the donor and her sister. |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Mississauga |
| Province de l'établissement : | Ontario |
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