This subseries consists of records related to the Kingston Sexual Assault Crisis Centre in the 80s. It contains information about volunteering, membership, contributors' responsabilities, Kingston resources for women.
This subseries consists of documents collected by Sandra Pyke on various subjects such as abortion, International Women's Day, Toronto Women's Caucus, Toronto Women's Place and women's liberation. It contains papers, press clippings, correspondence, flyers, pamphlets, booklet Childbirth by choice (revised edition by CARAL), Day care for Everyone!, March 1970 issue of The New Feminist, Take One: Women in Film, Vol. 3, No. 2, Velvet Fist Vol. 1, No. 8, 9, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2 and 4.
This subseries contains records related to Rosemary Barnes. Rosemary Barnes is a psychologist. Before working in independent practice, she worked at Toronto General and Women’s College Hospitals. She has been affiliated with the University of Toronto, York University, and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. She has published on suicide, HIV conditions, and residential schools, and has provided expert opinion in legal cases relating to lesbian/gay issues and trauma.
This series contains documents relating to public hearings held in Ottawa in 1985 and submissions by organizations in support of legalization of midwifery. It also contains the full report of findings and a summary review.
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.
Women's Action Coalition (WAC) is an open alliance of women committed to direct action on issues affecting the rights of women. The organization wanted to be a witness of the economic, cultural and political systems that limited and endangered women's lives. WAC insisted on economic parity and representation for all women. The organization fought against homophobia, racism, religious prejudice and violence against women. It insisted on every woman's right to quality health care, child care, and reproductive freedom.