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Reproduction postcard of "Zunoqua of the Cat Village" printed in England for the Gallery Shop by Henry Store and Son (Printers) Limited.

Yellow booklet titled You Are What You Play. Includes advertisements of children's toys, and analysis on their messages for boys and girls. By Karen Kuzmochka.

Collection of materials about working women. This includes a pamphlet on women in science and technology, Women

List of images in the microfilm Our Mothers

2 green double sided cards (duplicate copies). One side has article Women athletes called better lovers from the Toronto Star. One side has analysis of article, critiquing the implications that women are defined by their relationship with men.

The Women and Film international festival programme notes include a well-documented list of films made by women globally between 1896-1973.

Reproduction postcard of "Women and Dog" sculpture by Marisol, 1964 by Museum Press Inc, Alexandria, Va.

Green booklet titled Witches. Includes descriptions and history of witches as portrayed as a priestess, a healer, a rebel. Cover photo of Frija on a Broomstick. By Becky Kane.

Green booklet titled Why Women Fear Success.

2 pink double sided cards (duplicate copies). One side has quote from The Peculiar Institution by Kenneth Stamp, 1959 on discussing the 1852 Alabama Legal code on slavery. One side are The Church of England form of Solemnization of Matrimony wedding vows from the Book of Common Prayer.

Booklet in 2 parts discussing the women's experience and the feminist movement. Includes introduction with commentary on Dennis Braithwaite's article "Women themselves will kill women's lib". By Angela Rose.

Reprint of Facsimile of a Suffragette Postcard in London Museum. Artwork shows imprisoned suffragette dying of starvation.

Booklet with an article justifying why homemakers should make wages. Article discusses the burden of homemaking and 'women's work', posing the idea that there should be compensation from the government for performing these tasks that contribute to the success of their household. By Marie Welton.

Replica post card titled Votes for Women, with a photo of Mrs. Borrmann Wells. Postcard addressed to Mrs. F. M. Denison at 22 Carlton Street, Toronto Ontario. Correspondence indicates incoming visit from Mrs. [Bettina] Borrmann Wells.

Orange booklet with 3 tables. Table 3 lists the countries where women have no voting rights. Table 4 has the countries and dates (in alphabetical order) when women were granted right to vote. Table 2 lists where women have different limitations on voting than men.

Transcript of Family Court hearing (for unidentified girl interviewed on black album) of a 15-16 year old girl charged in 1972 with being "unmanageable".

Pink double sided page including a story about a woman being harassed on the street. Story could be true as it is such a universally known issue. Includes drawing of woman walking.

Alphabetical list of names of British suffragette prisoners from 1905-1914.

2 copies of The Women's Kit instructional guide. This guide outlines the purpose of this kit, the history of its creation, an inventory of items within the kit, and many suggestions on how to use it.

The Women's Kit is an educational multimedia kit covering a range of influential women and women's issues. The Women's Kit was created by Pamela Harris, Becky Kane, and Donna James for the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). Includes a collection of copies of historical materials about the suffragette movement, family life, social and political movements, the arts, law, education and culture, with a focus on Canadian women.

Copy of pages 1-2 of the issue of the Toronto Daily Star newspaper from October 18, 1929. Includes headline Canadian Women Win Right to Senate Seats.

Copy of pages 1 and 10 of the issue of the Toronto Daily star Newspaper on November 21, 1906. Includes figures at the Political Equality Meeting on page 1 and article "The Appeal of Women for the Privilege of Voting" on page 10.

Copy of pages 9-12 of the issue of the Suffragette Newspaper from July 3, 1914. Features an article by Christabel Pankhurst, which analyzes "Traffic in Treason", a booklet by Mr. J A Hobson. Includes a 2 page spread on Miss Nellie Hall, and prison news on the force-feeding of suffragettes on hunger protest.

Copy of all 8 pages of the historic “raided” issue of the Suffragette newspaper from May 2, 1913. Includes coverage of explosions at Free Trade Hall, a fire on a train, and a bomb at Northumberland County Council offices, among other incidents. There is an article on what militancy means, police raids, points from a debate on the "cat and mouse" bill, and the summary of a number of recent meetings.

Booklet titled The Rising of the Women. Article covers women who have created unions and led strikes, including "Mother Jones". By Ronnie Lichtman.

Pink booklet titled the Politics of Housework by Pat Mainardi. Article discusses the arguments that came up during conversations with husband over sharing housework, as well as commentary.

Grey booklet with an extract from Manifesto of Quebec Women in French and English.

Play titled The Independent Female (or, A Man Has His Pride).

Red booklet describing goddesses throughout history.

1 pink and 1 purple double sided cards (duplicate copies). One side shows The girl muggers of London article from the Toronto Sun October 31, 1972. One side has analysis of article, pointing out the bias against the women's liberation movement, and women in general. Article is written by Carol Kennedy.

2 mobius strips showing the continuous cycle of societal expectations on women to marry and present themselves in a way that attracts men. Phrases include "Women's purpose is to get a man", "Women's appearance is of central importance in her life", "women are in competition with each other for men", "The rules of the game (styles) are changed continually", and "Those who make the rules have power over the players".

Reproduction postcard of "The Family" sculpture by Marisol, 1962. Photo in black and white.

Purple booklet titled The Double Standard of Aging by Susan Sontag.

Poster of the cat and mouse act passed by the liberal government.

Article reprinted from Women's Liberation Notes from the Third Year. Article covers social and legal ways in which women are oppressed.

Orange booklet with excerpts from The Mothers by Robert Briffault.

Comic titled Teen Tales, which follows Canadian teens and juxtaposes men and women stereotypes to make a commentary on the inequality of women. By Bev Allinson, Linda Fisher, and Claire Watston.

Reprint from Raft. Nell Hall-Humpherson reminices about suffragette movement in Britain. Cover design by Louis Fishauf. Written by Nell Hall-Humpherson under the name Marie Roberts.

2 double sided red cards (duplicates). One side shows Store Goes Topless Sales Book article from Toronto Star, January 31, 1972. One side has analysis highlighting the unfair treatment of objectification of women by the store in the article.

Article on women speaking out on prostitution by Susan Brownmiller.

Double sided poster highlighting 6 Canadian women including: Ma Snooks, Mona Palousee, June Greenburg, Elizabeth Welch.

2 orange double sided cards (duplicate copies). One side has article Sinatra calls writer a 'two-dollar broad' from the Toronto Star, January 23, 1973. One side has commentary about issues with Sinatra's behavior and explains the sexism behind his actions.

Double-sided sheet which gives questions for wives and husbands. Each side reverses the questions, showing the difference in men and women's roles in marriage.

Pink double sided page. One side has artwork of a male musician carrying a guitar, who is also a woman. Rock Revisited or Something to do on a rainy Saturday... suggests music from popular male musicians that have sexist lyrics.

Red booklet titled Rites of Passage. Booklet contains ads for tampons and pads (sanitary napkins). Includes passages and stories around periods and traditions around the first cycle. By Pamela Harris.

Replica ticket for Flora MacD. Denison, Toronto Delegate.

Double-sided replica of a letter from prison from Nell Hall to her father from May 23, 1914.

Reproduction postcard of "Reason over Passion" printed in Canada.

2 brown double sided cards (duplicate copies). One side has William Wordsworth poem She was a phantom of delight, which presents women as delicate, virtuous, and inhuman (like a spirit or apparition). One side has perspective of Betty Harris, a Victorian working woman, who emphasizes the brutality of her job, the dirty and tiring environment, and how it has soiled her appearance.

Photos from a 1972 exhibit by the Toronto Women's Photography Co-op. Photographers include: Ursula Hellar, Roz Gerstein, Clara Gutsche, Solveig Ryall, Jean Raisler, Carol Ann Bales, Ann Leslie, Margot Granitsas, Suzanne Szasz, Barbara Confino, Sylvia Plachy, Pat Gorman, Abigail Heyman, Dru Shipman, Freda Leinwand, Pamela Harris, Phyllis Stoffman, Carol Marino, Lilo Raymond, Natalie Leimkuhler, Ellen Shumsky, Laura Jones

Booklet titled Paradigm. Includes excerpt from Christine de Pisan.

blue booklet titled Our Psychic Spaces. On women and psychiatry. By Maggie Fehlberg.

Purple booklet with analysis of names, given and loaned, by women.

Photos of women between 1850-1930 doing various activities including farming, washing, spinning and weaving wool, woodcutting, baking, and working as nurses, sex workers, and more.

Red booklet titled Our Clothing Our Prison. Article covers corsetry, chastity belts, and foot binding. By Maggie Fehlberg and Wendy Greene.

Green booklet titled ...other contributors:. Includes short, annotated bibliography of biographies of influential women.

Orange booklet titled Family. Contains photos, articles, and passages about the role of parents and children within a family.

Evelope with a collection of materials about women

Double sided paper with an illustration of a prom queen. One side includes musings of a former prom queen. By Sandra Steinecker.

Green booklet with an exerpt from Doris Lessing's "A Man and Two Women". Cover has black and white portrait [of Doris Lessing?]. Story includes the experience of a beautiful girl growing into a beautiful woman, with pressure from parents and society, to marry a man for status rather than love.

Comb bound book titled My Father's House. Poetry by Barbara Drizen, illustrations by Claire Watson.

Green page covering the tactics of the Canadian suffragette movement. By Becky Kane.

Booklet titled Misogyny, which provides misogynistic quotes from influential men denigrating women. Passages appear chronologically, including from religious passages, philosophers, authors, political figures, and other academics of the time.

Copy of dictionary page with definition of misogyny.

File contains orange booklet titled Mind Warp. Booklet contains advertisements which segregate men's and women's roles. Commentary on how ads oppress women.

Criticism of medical industry treatment of women, including gynecology texts, medical journals, and women doctors (or lack of).

Green booklet with reprinted diary entries of Mabel S. Ulrich, MD from 1904-1932. Entries discuss recounting homelife and working in medical profession.

Booklet titled Juvenile, which breaks down the legal control parents (particularly fathers) had in Ontario over juveniles, which are children 16 and under. This included the rights of juveniles, punishments if you disobey, and the differences between female and male juveniles, especially as it pertains to sex and pregnancy.

Vinyl album with a brown cover. One side includes photographs and the word ᐊ ᕋᓇᒃ. One side titled Nell Hall: Suffragette, and includes 2 photographs, and 3 article clippings. Album includes a 24 year old Indigenous woman talking of her life going to school, an arranged marriage, marital abuse, divorce, and descriptions of hunting and cleaning seals on one side. Includes Nell Hall-Humpherson reminiscence on being an English militant including being arrested, family history, acts of protest including burning buildings and breaking glass. Some mentions other prominent suffragettes including Mrs. [?] Pankhurst, Laura Ainsworth, and [Evaline] Hilda Burkitt [Mitchener].

Vinyl album with a black cover featuring art of a girl behind bars. Album is two-sided, with interview of an unidentified 15 year old girl who attended family court for being unmanageable on one side and the same girl's training school experiences. The recording describes court experience as "shocking and degrading". Includes experiences with a psychiatrist, being at Galt Training School, including the transportation there, bodily examinations, treatment by staff, and the treatment of girls who were pregnant. Also included are references to the poor treatment of Indigenous girls.

Double sided paper. One side is reprinted article Insiders' tips on how to get women elected, originally published in Chatelaine, October 1971 by Barbara Frum. Includes tips such as Ignore everyone who tells you that women can't win elections", "Only contest winnable seats", "Get nominated", "Don't antagonize the riding executive, "Outwork the competition", "Enlist as many women as you can to work for you", "Get a campaign manager", "Hound head office for funds" and "Marry a man who's already there and become his widow." One side is a short history of women's suffrage. Includes comic of "Suffragettes who have never been kissed".

Green stapled booklet containing the Eskimo story of Inaloosiak and the grizzly bear. Moral is women are damned if they don't damned if they do. told by Melanie Anakiak, translated and illustrated by Theresa Quaqjuak.

Booklet with excerpts from In Times Like These. Quotes show general attitude of women being property and lesser than men, intended for only wife-hood and motherhood, and must be beautiful or will be villainized. By Nellie McClung.

Red booklet titled Improvisations. Includes 6 improvisations on family roles written. By Tony Mills

Blue double sided card with excerpt from How To Find Harmony in Marriage . Each side describes the same marital dispute but swaps the gender of the individuals. Written by Jill Renich.

Pamphlet from art show Introduction to the Imaginary Portrait: the work of Hertha Muysson.

Reproduction postcard of "Forest, British Columbia" by Emily Carr [1931

Green booklet with article For Boys Only: Diary of an Intrusion into male territory. Article contains story of girl trying to attend a boys woodworking class. Includes content from Karen Filborn and Carolyn Karkosza.

Reproduction postcard of "Flood", printed by Louis H Frohman, Bronxville, N.Y.

Purple booklet titled Fear of Women, which shows advertisements for women on maintaining sexuality, beauty, youth.

Booklet with an excerpt from Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, titled

Envelope describing how to mount photographs and an inventory of articles enclosed. Articles include a listing of the artworks photographed, a copy of the slides in black and white, article "Why a women's art show?", A Way of Seeing, and photos of Maryon Kantaroff at work.

Biography on Emily Carr, a famous Canadian artist, writer, and landlord. Quotations by Emily Carr drawn from her written works The House of All Sorts by Emily Carr (1944), Growing Pains: The Autobiography of Emily Carr (1946), Emily Carr Diary (unpublished), Klee Wyck by Emily Carr (1941) and Fresh Seeing by Emily Carr (1973). Biography written by Eithne Bourget.

Orange card with Dracula poster and depiction of Sleeping Beauty with short analytic comparison.

Double sided card with an image of person [Dr. Barry?] on horseback. Description of Dr. James Barry, who after death, was discovered to have been female.

Biography on Dr. Emily Stowe, a famous Canadian doctor, woman's rights activist, and teacher. She was the first female principal and doctor in Canada. The Toronto Women's Literary Club, founded by Dr Stowe, formed the first suffragette group in Canada: Toronto Suffrage Association. Biography written by Becky Kane. Cover photo from Catherine Lyle Cleverdon's The Woman Suffrage Movement in Canada, 1950.

Grey booklet with DADDY on cover. 2 poems regarding the father/daughter relationship. An excerpt from "The Father of my country" from Inside the Blood Factory, by Diane Wakoski and Daddy from Ariel by Sylvia Plath.

Biography on Cora Hind, a famous Canadian Journalist, specializing in agriculture. Biography written by Becky Kane. Cover photo from the Winnipeg Free Press.

Photocopied scrapbook, containing photographs, passages, quotes, comics, advertisements, and a drawing.

Reproduction postcard of "Confedspread" printed in Canada.

Booklet Tying the Knot. This reduces the institution of marriage down into a legal contract, and points out the implications of women as property both legally and through advertising media.

Photos of Canadian women between 1967-1973 doing various activities. Taken by Pamela Harris.

Double sided paper. One side lists Canadian women elected to Parliament from 1921 - 1972, including their marital status, date of election, age, province/Territory, political party, children and 'replaced husband'. Printed by Women for Political Action. One side is reprinted from The Globe and Mail, Saturday, April 14, 1973 "The Other 17 women", which discusses the political career of the 17 women who had been elected in prior years. Prepared by Bev Stager, YWCA Status of Women Committee and Moira Armour, WPA.

Vinyl album with blue cover. One side includes artwork of a female artist. Once side includes a photo of the Lafayette Dress Co Strike, titled Madeline Parent: A Union Maid. Album includes 5 Artists in voice order: Bonnie Kreps, Joyce Wieland, Kay Armatage, Katja Jacobs, and Vera Frenkel in conversation [at OGA?] on one side. One side includes interview of Madeline Parent on women in unions. Women in conversation discussed the validity of their art, the hardships of raising children whise trying to create, and being taken seriously as a woman. Madeline Parent interview discussed the working conditions that the union was striking against and the importance of starting a union.

Transcript for the red album included in women's kit. Includes credits and anecdotes.

Blank pledge form to march on Monday afternoon, March 3, 1913 at 3pm in Washington DC.

Reproduction postcard of "Black Venus" printed in Great Britain.

Birth control pamphlet from the Family Planning Federation of Canada. Includes pregnancy prevention measures through voluntary sterilization, the pill, IUD, diaphragms, condoms, and vaginal foams, creams and jellies.

Design Bartholmew, printing graphic services.

Copy of "Big Raven" artwork.