This photograph shows women protesting the Canadian Criminal Code provisions concerning abortion outside of the House of Commons, Ottawa, Canada. These women were part of the Abortion Caravan, a feminist protest group founded in 1970 to protest the…
A white button with black text and a red rose. The text in the middle reads: "Change Changement". The text along the top edge reads: "International Women's Day. March 8, 1991 - La Journée internationale des femmes. le 8 mars 1991. Next to the rose…
A black and white button with a red rose in the middle. The background is meant to resemble lace. Around the edge, the text reads: "In commemoration of the 14 women killed in Montréal, December 6, 1989 - En commémoration des 14 femmes assasinees a…
A light blue pinback button with the phrase "a woman's place is in the struggle" in the middle, encircled by illustrated figures of women holding hands. Encircling the figures are the words: 'CUPW International Women's Day - March 8th'. In the…
An orange and white button with the image of a scale. The text reads: "EQUAL PAY FOR WORK OF EQUAL VALUE". Below the text there is an illegible union label.
A rectangular button that shows a cut-up Eaton's account card with the phrase: "I've cut into Eaton's". Has Allied Printing Trades Council union label, which indicates that it is union-made. There is the number '9' next to this label that represents…
This item is a decision of the Women's Court of Canada, which re-writes Supreme Court of Canada decisions concerning equality rights under s. 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
A dark blue pinback button with the phrase: "WOMEN IN TRADES" at the top. In the middle, there is the gender symbol for women with a fist holding a wrench.
