Tweed Curtain Pioneers

About the Book

It's time for Oak Bay women's lives to be highlighted!

Oak Bay's 100th anniversary is to be celebrated in 2006. Tweed Curtain Pioneers tells the stories of some fascinating women who accomplished great things at a time when men were the celebrated achievers.

About the Author

Betty Gordon Funke is a native daughter of British Columbia and a graduate of McGill University with degrees in Arts and Library Sciences. As a journalist for over twenty years with Canadian and U.S. published work, she has taught creative writing at the Braille Institute of Los Angeles and at Camosun College in Victoria.