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The article focuses on the leadership of the Pauktuutit Inuit Women's Association in the area of arts and culture in Canada. Pauktuutit, a national association founded in 1984, represents all Inuit women in Canada, wherein every Inuk woman is automatically a member of the association at no charge, and is eligible to vote and to run for the board. Among the issues addressed by the organization include traditional midwifery, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and child care. It talks about the involvement of Pauktuutit in protecting and promoting Inuit cultural property. Pauktuutit found that the development of clothing businesses is the type of economic development that most interests Inuit women.

The article reports on women's initiatives that created a legacy of female leadership in the Canadian Handicrafts Guild, a non-profit, national organization in Montreal, which started in 1905. The article enumerates several women who served as the heart and soul of the guild's development for almost a century. Among those are Alice Peck, May Phillips, Alice Lighthall, and Virginia Watt. Peck and Phillips founded the guild, while Lighthall and Virginia supported it. These four women earned a crowning achievement by having the guild placed in history.

Profiles women's societies and clubs in Canada. Aboriginal Women's Support Group Centre in Ottawa, Ontario; Philippine Women's Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia; World Women's Designers in North Bay, Ontario.