Winnifred Kydd

Kydd was the President of the Montreal Council of Women from 1929 until 1931.^[5] In 1931, Kydd became the President of the National Council of Women of Canada, and she remained in that position until 1936.^[4] One particularly notable position during her tenure was the organization's neutral stance on birth control.^[6]: 203

In the leadup to World War II, Kydd was involved in disarmament activities. For example, as president of the National Council of Women of Canada Kydd was a featured speaker at a disarmament rally at Central Hall, Westminster in May 1934.^[7] Kydd was also an official delegate to multiple large international pre-war conferences related to international affairs. In 1932, she was appointed by Canadian Prime Minister R. B. Bennett to be a delegate to the World Disarmament Conference.^[6]: 235 Kydd was one of just five women to be delegated to that conference.^[8] Kydd presented disarmament and the prevention of war as an issue that was and should be of concern to women.^[9] Kydd was also a delegate to the Institute of Pacific Relations conference in 1936.^[4]

Kydd was appointed Dean of Women at Queen's University in 1934.^[4] That year she also became president of the Canadian National Parks Association, a position she held until 1936.^[4] She would leave her position as Dean of Women at Queen's on May 6, 1939.^[4] She initially resigned intending to return to social work in Montreal, but was instead persuaded by H. A. Bruce to move to Toronto and work for the Leadership League.^[4]

Kydd was both the Chief Commissioner of the Girl Guides of Canada, as well as the Director of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.^[10] She was the first Canadian to direct the World Association.^[1]

Kydd died in 1969.^[1]

Kydd was named a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE).^[4] She was included in the 1934 Birthday Honours.^[11]

On the 125th anniversary of the Trafalgar School for Girls (the secondary school that Kydd attended), she was included in a celebratory list of "125 women of Trafalgar".^[1]