Women’s History Month: “Through Her Lens: Celebrating the Diversity of Women”
October is Women’s History Month in Canada. Since 1992, we have recognized and celebrated the women and girls of our past and present who contribute to a better and more inclusive Canada.
This year, we pay tribute to them under the theme “Through Her Lens: Celebrating the Diversity of Women.”
As a memory institution for all Canadians, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) helps share a range of experiences and stories by providing access to our collections.
This Women’s History Month, we are proud to inform you that the Mary Ann Shadd Cary archives have been registered in the Canada Memory of the World Register. In 1853, Mary Ann Shadd Cary became the first Black journalist in North America, as editor in chief of the Toronto-based newspaper The Provincial Freeman, which gave a voice to Black people in Canada. She is also recognized for her important work promoting women’s rights.
LAC’s collections are brimming with archives that reflect the achievements of women and their contributions to Canadian society. Discover some resources:
- Blog: Judith-Pauline White, Nunatsiavut Photographer. Learn more about this amateur photographer who today provides us with authentic visual documents of life in Labrador from the 1920s to the 1950s.
- Blog: Women lightkeepers, heroes by the sea. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Canada had several women lightkeepers. Read the article to get to know some of them.
- Blog: Anne Heggtveit: A good night’s sleep brings Olympic gold. Go back in time to 1960 and discover how Anne Heggtveit won Canada’s first Olympic gold in alpine skiing.
- Flickr album: Women’s Suffrage. An album dedicated to the women who fought for women’s right to vote in Canada.
- Flickr album: International Day of the Girl Child. Celebrate International Day of the Girl Child on October 11 by discovering this album dedicated to young Canadian girls in our archives.
- Flickr album: Women in Literature and Journalism. Go meet the women who shaped Canadian literature and journalism in Canada.
- Flickr album: Laura Secord. Learn more about this Canadian heroine of the War of 1812 who walked 32 km through American-occupied territory to warn British forces.
- Co-Lab challenge: Women in the War. Use archival photos to help identify servicewomen and nursing sisters who served in Canada and abroad from 1942 to 1945.
- Podcast: I leave you Éva Gauthier. Discover this artist and learn how her talent, boldness, unrivalled flair and expressive singing style helped shape modern music in North America.
- Podcast: Guardians of the North: Comic Books in Canada. LAC has a large collection of comic books. Three archivists present this special collection and resources available online.
- In our collection: Visit our points of service to consult the Adrienne L. Clarkson Fonds and read the related blog A look inside former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson’s archives to learn more about this great woman.
LAC invites you to continue exploring its collections and exhibits that attest to the exceptional achievements of the women and girls who have shaped Canada’s history and who continue to influence our present.
Need help? LAC’s reference archivists and librarians can help you in person, by telephone or by videoconference. Make an appointment on our website.
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Visit the Women’s History Month website to discover other resources and information about inspiring Canadian women.
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