This series contains reminiscences of women who attended the International Conferences for Women Engineers and Scientists. [Reminiscences were used in preparation of the publication, "Women's Contribution to Science and Technology through ICWES Conferences" by Monique Frize, Claire Deschênes and Ruby Heap (Springer: December 2023). * Cette série contient des souvenirs de femmes qui ont participé aux Conférences internationales des femmes ingénieurs et scientifiques. [Ces souvenirs ont été utilisés pour la préparation de la publication « Women's Contribution to Science and Technology through ICWES Conferences » par Monique Frize, Claire Deschênes et Ruby Heap (Springer : décembre 2023).
This series consists of records generated by women’s groups and feminist organizations serving community women. The series includes files from Ottawa, Ontario, such as the Ottawa Women’s Centre Association, the Ottawa Women’s Centre and the Ottawa Women’s Credit Union. The series consists mainly of administrative records, such as committee meeting notes, workshop notices, Shirley Greenberg’s requests for information and conference materials from organizations like the Older Women’s League. The series also contains a significant number of women’s groups’ newsletters.
The series includes communiqués from the Ottawa Centre federal riding women’s group of the New Democratic Party (NDP). The series includes the group’s resolutions for making women’s issues an election priority and records from the Waffle Women—a socialist caucus of the NDP.
This series consists of records relating to Myrna Wood's involvement in women unions in Ontario, particularly in Hamilton. These include her CUPE Local and the Hamilton Union Movement.
This series contains records related to Myrna Wood's activities in Toronto, Montreal and New York. It includes the essay "Sisters, Brothers, Lovers... listen," she co-wrote for the final conference of SUPA (Student Union for Peace Action) on Labor Day weekend 1967 in Goderich. It also contains the essay "Bread and Roses" written with Kathy McAfee calling for a movement to organize working class women. This series also highlights Myrna Wood's participation in a peace movement meeting with the Vietnamese National Liberation Front in Cuba.
