Genevieve Lipsett

Genevieve Elsie Alice Lipsett (29 July 1885 – 29 January 1935) was an American-born Canadian journalist, teacher and suffragist. She was the first woman to became a member of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery , the association established to oversee rules and responsibilities of Canadian journalists when at Parliament Hill. After her marriage, she wrote under the byline "Genevieve Lipsett-Skinner."

Biography Lipsett was born on 29 July 1885 in Kankakee, Illinois, United States. Her parents were Robert and Annie Lipsett . After her family moved to Canada, Lipsett was educated at public schools in Toronto and Manitoba, then at New York Grammar School. On 6 June 1911, Lipsett married Winnipeg businessman Robert Curtis Skinner, but retained her maiden name in her new byline of "Genevieve Lipsett-Skinner." After returning to Canada, she was a founder member of the Manitoba Political Equality League, completing her examinations in 1920 and graduating with honours. and Calgary Daily Herald. From 1922 to 1923, she wrote for the Vancouver Sun. Women were barred from the all-male Canadian Press Club, so Lipsett became a member of the Canadian Women's Press Club, later becoming president of the Winnipeg then Montreal branches of the club. Lipsett was also director of the Anti-Tuberculosis Society

Lipsett was the first woman to became an officially accredited member of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery , the association established to oversee rules and responsibilities of Canadian journalists when at Parliament Hill. She joined in 1923 and left the Press Gallery in 1926.