Original letters patent with seal issued by the Province of Ontario for the Toronto Women's Bookstore. Recording on the 25th of February 1976.The first directors as mentioned are Patti Joanne Kirk, Marie Arden Hagedorn and Joy Lynn Wilson.
This corpus contains copies of digital records relating to the International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES). It includes proceedings for ICWES-I to ICWES-XII, as well as digitized records of conferences I through XVII, such as lists of participants, reports, testimonials, correspondence, and photographs. ICWES VIII also includes recorded tapes and their (partial) transcriptions.This corpus also includes the gathered quantitative data created in analyzing conference records and testimonies gathered in preparation for the publication, "Women’s Contribution to Science and Technology through ICWES Conferences" by Monique Frize, Claire Deschênes and Ruby Heap (Springer: December 2023). * Ce corpus contient des copies de documents numériques relatifs à la Conférence internationale des femmes ingénieurs et scientifiques (ICWES). Il comprend les actes des conférences ICWES-I à ICWES-XII, ainsi que des documents numérisés des conférences I à XVII, tels que des listes de participants, des rapports, des témoignages, de la correspondance et des photographies. ICWES VIII comprend également des bandes enregistrées et leurs transcriptions (partielles).Ce corpus comprend aussi les données quantitatives rassemblées créées lors de l'analyse des comptes rendus des conférences et des témoignages recueillis en 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).
International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES)
This item consists of a testimony by a woman named [Pritch?], including a story about the first ICWES held in 1964. Also included is a testimony about her "dear darling friend Dr. Maheene Ramane", who taught astrophysics and physics at the University of Tehran.
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).
The poster advertises activities organized for International Women's Day 1981 in Halifax. A march was organized on Saturday March 7, then a presentation of films, exhibitions, and workshops were offered on Sunday March 8. A sticker on the bottom right reads "International Women's Day 1981 - Poster by Beth Foster & Pat Colp." The poster was originally in the Women's Information Center collection in Toronto where it was filed in the Women's Place - Halifax folder (Identifier: 10-001-S1-F3773). Poster reads "Bring placards, costumes, balloons." This collection comes from several donations made in the second half of the 1980s, by women involved in several Canadian organizations surrounding the feminist movement since the early 1970s.
Item in a satirical information sheet to all men in Toronto relating to violence against women committed by men. It is telling all men to evacuate from Metro Toronto because it is not safe for women. The paper also include real statistics about rates of violence against women.
The item is a paper with an image of an eye with the words "The Female Eye." On the back is information about 34 lectures on women in photography held at galerie POWERHOUSE in Montreal.
