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Gallery

Please browse the gallery below for all the images, videos and audio related to the exhibition. Click on an item to see an enlarged image with description or to play the video/audio clip.
Photograph of Paulette Cossette from an article published in Le Nouvelliste on June 10, 1968.
Black and white photograph of journalist Doris Veillette Hamel. She is wearing a blouse and a pearl necklace.
Black and white photograph of a nun sitting on a chair at the Ursuline Monastery. She is holding the hand of Michelle Roy, who is sitting on a bed to the nun’s right.
Black and white photograph of the aftermath of a landslide. Surviving houses are visible on the left of the photograph. On the right, a house impacted by the disaster lies among the ruins.
Black and white photograph showing members of the Cercle des fermières. In the main section of the auditorium, women are sitting on benches, on either side of the aisle. In front of them, three men appear to be making a presentation. More women are watching the proceedings from seats in the balcony.
Two pages of a Family Allowance application form. The form is in English.
Black and white photograph of two women standing behind a table. Claire Roy (left) is talking to the other woman. There are dishes on the table in front of them, and a lamp can be seen on the right.
Photograph showing members of the Mauricie branch of the Ligue catholique féminine, along with a member of the clergy. Three women are seated on a sofa, with eight other women and the clergyman behind them. There is a coffee table in front of them and a chair to their right.
Article from the October 13, 1990, edition of Le Nouvelliste. The text discusses the life of Agnes Campbell Macphail. The headline reads: “First Woman Elected to Parliament.”
Series of black and white photographs of women interviewed on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote in Quebec provincial elections. The first row contains the photographs of three women. The second row contains the photographs of two women, including one with a child in her arms.
Black and white photograph showing Maurice Duplessis with some papers in his hands. Two of his sisters are standing on his left. The two others are standing on his right.
Advertisement titled “Canada Needs 40 Million Pounds of Grease for Explosives” that appeared in L’Écho du St-Maurice on March 11, 1943. The images and text identify four locations where women could deliver grease and bones. The following lines appear at the bottom: “This campaign is for the duration of the war. Department of National War Services, National Salvage Division.”
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