Marion Fulton (nee Tye) was born in Yorkshire, England on
March 5, 1921. During the Second World War, she married E. Victor
Fulton, a Canadian, and in 1945 they returned to Canada to a farm
near Birtle, Manitoba. She and Victor raised three sons of whom they
can be justly proud. Her family is an excellent example of that historically
important unit that was vital to the growth of Manitoba.
Fulton epitomizes citizenry at its best. Her volunteer services were
of a widely diversified nature. At home, she served as a Brownie
leader, a Sunday School teacher and superintendent. At the provincial
level, she was chosen to serve as president of the Manitoba Women's
Institute. Her wisdom and foresight drew her to start some of the
most advanced educational programs for the benefit of rural women.
Two of the many studies were:
The Role of Women as Individuals, Wives, Mothers and Citizens
and Women as Partners in Business. She served on the executive and
some of the committees of the Associated Country Women of the World.
Although this volunteer work took her to many parts of the world,
she never lost her ability to empathize with the less fortunate and
to help them gain the ability to improve their situation. The ACWW project
to purchase a travel van to carry hygienic, nutritional and literary
education to the rural women of Lesotho was due to her initiative. She
helped the U.N. with the "shelter project" and the ACWW with its "Water
for All" project. She represented Manitoba at the Vanier Conference on
the Family. The Community Resources and Rural Archives Centre at the Brandon
University received her assistance. She has served as a committee member
of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, the Advisory
Board on Recreation and Tourism, the Volunteer Housing Committee
of Manitoba and the Canadian Council of Rural Development.
Fulton has always set very high goals for herself: the presentation
of the family unit, the strengthening of rural women in society, the improvement
of living conditions for those people in rural parts of the world.
She has inspired, encouraged, supported, led and challenged all who
have met her to improve the lot of mankind on this planet and all
are better for having known her.
