This fonds contains records in various formats; including original organizational records, posters, buttons, t-shirts, flyers, publications, etc., from more than 2,000 Canadian women’s organizations, conferences and individuals. The records date from 1960 up until the mid-1990s and were collected by the Collective of the Canadian Women's Movement Archives.
This series consists of textual documents acquired by the Canadian Women's Movement Archives (CWMA) between 1972 and 1992 from various organizations and associations on issues such as abortion rights, LGBT rights and pay equity. The documents offer an overview of the Canadian women's movement from 1972 to 1992. This series includes meeting minutes, correspondence, flyers, leaflets, posters, notes, course outlines and contracts.
This series consists of published documents on various subjects, among others, feminism, Marxism, Leninism, Communism, the labour movement, women in history and the peace movement. These documents were collected by the Canadian Women's Movement Archives. It contains flyers, leaflets and publications.
This fonds consists of the administrative records of the Canadian Women's Movement Archives (CWMA) from its beginnings in the early 1970s as part of the Women's Information Centre (WIC) until its demise in 1992. It includes meeting minutes, for both CWMA and WIC, and administrative documents on human resources planning and day-to-day log books. It also contains financial documents such as accounting books and bank accounts, as well as correspondence and project/funding proposals. Also included are resources such as newspaper clippings and articles on various subjects, listed alphabetically, which were used as a reference by the members of CWMA.
This fonds consists of mainly textual records with some graphic material. It contains mostly secondary source material such as pamphlets and reports on subjects including women's physical and emotional health, societal problems and support groups, international women's organizations, as well as statistics on working women in Canada.
The Toronto Wages For Housework Committee (WFH) fonds contains mostly textual documents, two posters and one group of photograph negatives. It contains WFH administrative documents as well as flyers, speeches, pamphlets, and correspondence with related organizations such as Wages Due Lesbians, Women Against Rape, Family Benefits Working Group, and Wages For Housework groups in Canada and internationally. Also included are newspaper clippings which illustrate the Wages for Housework campaign during the 1970s.
The fonds documents the general organization of the publishing press and activities of its different collectives. It contains manuscripts of published texts with records related to the selection, illustration, edition, and publication process. It also includes some unpublished manuscripts with related correspondence. The fonds contains also financial records and documents the distribution process. To promote women authors and their literary works, the publishing house participated in various book fairs and conferences. The press also produced catalogues, press releases, flyers, and posters, preserved in the fonds. The last series consists of Maureen FitzGerald's records. They concern the period when Maureen FitzGerald worked as managing editor of the Women's Press.
This series contains documents related to the general organization of the publishing house. It includes correspondence, agendas, activity registers and meeting minutes. This series also contains documents that reflect the general reflections that have taken place regarding the structure and orientations of the organization.
