by Joanna Dermenjian | Jan 11, 2022 | History
On the home front, Canadian women in WWII were busy sewing different types of items, and all according to patterns or instructions provided by the Canadian Red Cross. In particular, the hospitals, both at home and in the UK, had a tremendous need for textile items. ...
by Joanna Dermenjian | Jan 11, 2022 | History, Research
Queen’s University Red Cross Work Room, c.1942 In Back the Attack! Canadian Women During the Second World War – At Home and Abroad (1985), Jean Bruce provides a compilation of WWII primary source excerpts. In it, I found this entry: NICE WARM QUILTS When the...
by Joanna Dermenjian | Jan 11, 2022 | History
In my research into Canadian women’s domestic contributions in the Second World War, I came across this interesting notice in Chatelaine magazine in October 1942. If women on the Home Front were tired of sewing and knitting, there was always laundry that needed to be...
