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Mrs. Walking Sun donates beaded dress to Red Cross
The contributions by Canadian Indigenous women to the Second World War efforts is poorly documented. This beaded dress was donated as a fundraiser for the Red Cross.
Lucy Maud Montgomery, Rilla and the War Years
“What was it mother had said…’when our women fail in courage, shall our men be fearless still?'”
Quilting on a Continuum
One of my interests in considering Canadian women’s wartime charitable work in textiles, is the multigenerational practice of women sewing and knitting in wartime. These two articles, written 27 years apart, tell a story.