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Silverman, Eliane
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Dr. Eliane Leslau Silverman received her Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of California, Berkely, and received her Ph.D. in History at the University of California, Los Angeles. Some of her professional employment includes a position as the Coordinator of the Women's Studies Program at the University of Alberta; Advisor to the President of Women's Issues, University of Calgary; Professor, Faculty of General Studies, University of Calgary; Professor Emeritus of Women's Studies, University of Calgary; and Director of Research, Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Ottawa. Dr. Silverman received the Woman of the Year Award from Calgary Young Women's Christian Association in 1982. She has published numerous books including The Last Best West: Women on the Alberta Frontier, 1890 -- 1929. She has also published articles in Psychohistory Review, Canadian Women Studies, Canadian Oral History Review, and Atlantis. Dr. Silverman has served on numerous committees and boards, including positions such as Chair, Adolescent Women's Heath Research Group; Chair, Advisor's Network on Women's Issues; Director, Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women; Founding Member, Western Action Research Committee on Violence Against Women; and Founder, Calgary Abortion Information Centre.