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"Equal Opportunities for Women": comparison of programs in Canada designed to improve the status of women

File contains a document which compares programs in Canada oriented toward the broad objective of improving the status of women in Canadian society. Programs compared include Status of Women Canada (SWC), The Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women (CACSW), The Secretary of State Women's Program, the Labour Canada Women's Bureau, and the Labour Canada Equal Pay Division.

Maureen Kellerman articles

File contains articles by Maureen Kellerman such as "Mothering Yourself as Well as the Baby," "Life Planning and Maintaining Employment," "Lobbying : A Future Direction for MAW?," and more,

R.E.A.L Woman of Canada: conference documents, articles, newspaper clippings

This file contains documents and correspondence related to a Secretary of State-funded conference by the R.E.A.L. Women of Canada (Realistic, equal, Active for Life), an organization with strong roots in the pro-life movement. The file includes an announcement from the Ottawa International Women's Day Collective requesting that women's groups write to their members of Parliament to oppose this funding. The file also includes documents and correspondence between Status of Women and R.E.A.L., which acknowledge the latter's conservative political positions on women's bodily autonomy, homosexual rights, and pornography, among other issues. While MAW similarly fought for the recognition of homemakers, a letter penned by Maureen Kellerman demonstrates that they sought to distance themselves from R.E.A.L. and to express opposing political values.

Motherhood: articles and newspaper clippings

File contains articles and newspaper clippings related to motherhood, including "The New One-Paycheck Family," "Stay-at-Home Moms Need More Respect," rethinking Feminist Attitudes Toward Motherhood," and more.

Feminism and Women at Home: articles and correspondence

File contains rough notes from MAW workshops, and articles on the relationship between feminism and motherhood, including "Feminism and Families," "Is Feminism rejecting the Homemaker?," "Feminists versus Housewives," and "The Working Mother as Role Model." Also contains related correspondence and documents by MAW.

[When Women Count News Clippings]

File contains an article covering MAW's When Women Count Symposium, alongside other articles and news clippings related to debates about homemaking and child care.
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