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1st Canadian women poster.

Poster on yellow paper of illustrations and names of selected first Canadian women.

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5 artists in conversation and Madeline Parent interview on women in unions.

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.

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50 slides of work by Canadian women artists.

Slides of artworks by: Gathie Falk, Francesca Vivenza, Nancy Hazelgrove, Evelyn Roth, Wendy Toogood, Rita Letendre, Sylvia Palchinsky, Vera Frenkel, Shirley Raphael, Gilkeson, Marilyn Levine, Mary Pratt, Nancy Petry, Heidi Oberheide, Shirley Wiitasald, Joyce Wieland, Doreen Lindsay, Oonark, Lenni Workman, Pitseoleak, Judy McGrath, Nancy Keehn, Caroline Wickham, Marcelle Ferron, Barbara Hall, Maryon Kantaroff, Sherry Grauer, Katja Jacobs, Ohvalakiak, Ann Whitlock, Christine Pflug.

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A day of care comic book.

Comic about the difficulties of finding a day care solution. By Roger Baker.

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A history of women

Green pamphlet outlining the history of women's suffrage in Canada, along with a plea for the women of Canada to join the suffragette movement.

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A marriage agreement booklet.

Pink booklet titled A Marriage Agreement, which outlines the roles agreed upon by husband and wife, detailing the principles of the agreement, a job breakdown for children and housework, and a detailed schedule. Final page includes Lucy Store and Henry Blackwell did not agree with current marriage laws and wrote their own agreement in protest.

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A play about Bread and Roses.

Orange booklet with play about kids travelling to new utopian worlds, to discover that no world is perfect for everyone, but that they can be the change they want to see in the world. Created by Frieda Foreman and Margot Smith.

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A warm chattel and never cost me a single pang contrast card.

2 cream double sided cards (duplicate copies). One side has Rev. William John Knox Little writings on Woman's Place in Nature, 1880 which is submissive, obedient, illogical, and intended to be a wife and mother. One side has excerpt from Canadian Women and the Law which states the issue of women in marriage is their lack of rights and treatment as property, being transferred from father to husband.

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Agnes MacPhail biography.

Booklet on Agnes MacPhail, the first woman elected in the Parliament of Canada. Biography written by Becky Kane. Cover photo by Yousuf Karsh.

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Agnes Macphail poster.

Poster of Agnas MacPhail, Canada's first women member of Parliment.

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An unidentified women's story booklet.

Red booklet with a black and white portrait on cover of an unidentified woman. Story includes a personal experience growing up in a small town, teenaged pregnancy before marriage, contemplating an illegal abortion, the treatment of an unwed pregnant woman by medical staff, and the delivery of a baby.

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An untitled story from Never in Anger.

Cream booklet with photo of Indigenous mother and child. Story is an excerpt from Never in Anger by Jean Briggs. Story covers a birth in the Arctic.

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Aphra: the feminist literary magazine v. 2 n. 3.

The Feminist Literary Magazine v. 2 n. 3 Summer 1971. Free Woman: Passion Pain Progress. Contains essays from Mildred Barker, Susan Hall, Barbara Chesser, Ellen Harold, Judith McCombs, Gin Manthei, Nancy Spero, Adele Aldridge, Carolyn Heilbrun, Ruth Ikeler, Kate Chopin, Lyn Kelly, Anne Moody, Louise Bourgeois, Dolores Walker, Andrew Piotrowski, K. S. Ernst, and Judith Alexander. Includes an exerpt from Library Journal from March 15, 1972 advertising subscription to Aphra.

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Birth Control poster.

Design Bartholmew, printing graphic services.

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Birth control that works: a brochure on family planning.

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.

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Bread and Roses and other songs and They are Playing a Game readings.

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.

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Canadian women elected to parliament 1921-1972 and related article.

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.

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Canadian women microfilm.

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

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Commentary on the marriage contract.

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.

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Copy of a scrap book.

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

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Cora Hind biography.

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

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Daddy poems booklet.

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.

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Dr. Emily Stowe biography.

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.

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Dr. James Barry biography card.

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.

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Emily Carr biography.

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.

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Envelope of material on 50 slides of Canadian women artists.

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.

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Fear of women booklet.

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

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For boys only: a story.

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.

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How to find harmony in marriage contrast card.

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.

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Improvisations game.

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

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In Times Like These excerpt.

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.

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Inaloosiak and the grizzly bear story.

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.

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Insiders tips on how to get women elected article and a short history about the reaction to women's suffrage.

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".

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Interview with a 16 year old girl about her experience in family court and at Galt training school for girls.

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

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Interview with an unidentified Inuit woman [ᐊ ᕋᓇᒃ] talks of her life and Nell Hall-Humpherson reminiscences of an English militant.

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].

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Juvenile: on Canadian juvenile law booklet.

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.

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Lost Women: A Doctor

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

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Mind warp booklet.

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

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Misogyny

Copy of dictionary page with definition of misogyny.

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Misogyny: quotes from well-known men booklet.

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.

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My father

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

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Notes for a Case History booklet.

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.

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On being a prom queen story.

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

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On family booklet.

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

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Our clothing, our prison booklet.

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

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Our mothers

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.

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Our names article.

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

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Our psychic spaces booklet.

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

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Paradigm booklet.

Booklet titled Paradigm. Includes excerpt from Christine de Pisan.

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Photos of women by women microfilm.

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

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Reality and myth: two perspectives on 19th century women translation card.

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.

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Rites of passage booklet.

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.

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Rock revisited article.

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.

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Sex role reversal questions for couples.

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.

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Sinatra calls writer a 'two-dollar broad' translation card.

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.

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Six Canadian women poster.

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

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Store goes topless; sales boom translation card.

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.

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Suffragette: a personal experience article.

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.

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Teen Tales comic.

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.

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The arts of life booklet.

Orange booklet with excerpts from The Mothers by Robert Briffault.

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The building of the gilded cage booklet.

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

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The Family by Marisol postcard.

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

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The fashion trap mobius strips.

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".

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The girl muggers of London translation card.

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.

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The politics of housework booklet.

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.

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The rising of women booklet.

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

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The Suffragette Newspaper no. 90, v. 3 from July 3, 1914.

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.

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The Toronto Daily Star newspaper from November 21, 1906.

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.

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The Women's Kit.

  • SCA452-GA544
  • Collection
  • 1850-1974

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.

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The women's kit instructional guides.

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.

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This could be a true story article.

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.

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