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Monthly Archives: December 2015
The YWCA: Creating a Moral Landscape on the Prairie
Prairie YWCAs were inclined to support the more conservative view of Christian salvation… However, the reality of supporting the needs of so many required pragmatic policies of action that later served as a template for larger urban counterparts after the onset of the Great Depression. Continue reading
Quilting for a Cause: Rural Women’s Voluntarism in the First World War
The quilting bee continued to be a mainstay in many Canadian communities during WWI. Continue reading
Posted in Public History, Sources in Rural Women's History
Tagged activism, history, primary sources, quilts
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History Matters: Reflections on the Historians Against Slavery Conference
To truly put history to work . . . it should also involve engaging and collaborating with change makers outside of the academy and on the ground. Continue reading