Fonds 10-056 - Margaret Dwight-Spore fonds

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Margaret Dwight-Spore fonds

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CA ON0034 10-056

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15.2 cm of textual records
2 prints : poster
2 drawings
1 stamp negative

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Margaret Dwight-Spore was born in the United States but moved in Canada with her husband in 1971. In 1977, she founded Better End All Vicious Erotic Repression (B.E.A.V.E.R), an organization dedicated to decriminalizing prostitution in Canada. Around 1979 BEAVER changed its name to Committee Against Street Harassment (CASH). It offered legal advice, counselling, referrals and support to sex workers and also provided education through public discussion. It was disbanded in the early 1980s. The prostitute's resource office, "Maggie's" founded by sex-workers in the 1980s was name for Dwight-Spore.

Margaret Dwight-Spore also participated in various workshops and conferences. She was the leader of a University of Concordia seminar on prostitution and pornography, a Conference on Human Sexuality and Freedom workshop leader and a National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) conference prostitution workshop panel participant. In addition to her involvement in conferences and activities, she also worked as a resource person at the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre and the Elizabeth Fry Society and she the focus of an interview published in Fireweed in 1978. In 1985, Margaret Dwight-Spore returned to the United States.
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Margaret Dwight-Spore est née aux États-Unis mais s'est installée au Canada avec son mari en 1971. En 1977, elle fonde Better End All Vicious Erotic Repression (B.E.A.V.E.R), une organisation visant à décriminaliser la prostitution au Canada. Vers 1979, BEAVER change de nom pour devenir Committee Against Street Harassment (CASH). Il offrait des conseils juridiques, une orientation, des références et un soutien aux travailleurs du sexe, ainsi qu'une éducation par le biais de débats publics. Il a été dissous au début des années 1980. Le bureau de ressources pour les prostituées, ""Maggie's"", fondé par des travailleurs du sexe dans les années 1980, portait le nom de Dwight-Spore.

Margaret Dwight-Spore a également participé à divers ateliers et conférences. Elle a dirigé un séminaire de l'Université de Concordia sur la prostitution et la pornographie, un atelier de la Conférence sur la sexualité humaine et la liberté et un atelier sur la prostitution de la Conférence du Comité national d'action sur le statut des femmes (CNA). Outre sa participation à des conférences et à des activités, elle a également travaillé comme personne-ressource au Toronto Rape Crisis Centre et à la Elizabeth Fry Society et a fait l'objet d'une interview publiée dans Fireweed en 1978. En 1985, Margaret Dwight-Spore retourne aux États-Unis.

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This fonds includes documents written and gathered by Margaret Dwight-Spore, mostly during her time as head of B.EA.V.E.R. and CASH. The records give an overview of the working and social conditions of women in prostitution, the pornography business and burlesque entertainment, and the fight to decriminalize prostitution in Canada. It consists of textual records and graphic material (drawings, a negative and posters).
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Ce fonds comprend des documents écrits et rassemblés par Margaret Dwight-Spore, principalement à l'époque où elle dirigeait B.EA.V.E.R. et CASH. Les documents donnent un aperçu des conditions de travail et des conditions sociales des femmes exerçant dans la prostitution, le commerce de la pornographie et du divertissement burlesque. Il témoigne de la lutte pour la décriminalisation de la prostitution au Canada. Il s'agit de documents textuels et de documents iconographiques (dessins, un négatif et des affiches).

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  • English

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  • Latin

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The majority of the fonds is open and accessible, however, some files are restricted for a predetermined period of time. Please ask ARCS staff for further information.

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As per the donor’s instructions, permission must be granted by the donor to use material related to or quoting her, articles or otherwise.

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ON0034

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Created in January 2019

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