Mothers across Canada

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
05/01/1910	Working in the home	Two children sit beside their mother weaving in Cap l'Aigle, Que. The photograph was taken circa 1910. (Edith M. Small / Library and Archives Canada) Gallery created by CBCNews.ca
05/05/1911	Arriving in Canada	A mother and child arrive in Canada from Scotland in 1911. (William James Topley/Library and Archives Canada, PA-010151) Gallery created by CBCNews.ca
05/05/1920	Visiting the nurse	This photograph of a mother and baby, taken circa 1920, is part of the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada collection. (Library and Archives Canada) Gallery created by CBCNews.ca
02/20/1931	Housework	This photograph taken from the National Archives collection is titled "Mother resting while ironing" and filed under the category of working in the home. (E.M. Finn/National Film Board of Canada/Library and Archives Canada, PA-163915) Gallery created by CBCNews.ca
05/28/1934	Olivia Dionne	A photograph of Olivia Dionne and her five daughters Annette, Cecile, Yvonne, Marie and Emilie. The sisters later became known as the Dionne quintuplets. (Library and Archives Canada, PA-133260) Gallery created by CBCNews.ca
06/01/1937	Mother and daughter	This photograph of a mother cradling her baby in Val-d'Or, Que., was taken in June, 1937. (William Gallaway / Library and Archives Canada, PA-027529) Gallery created by CBCNews.ca
09/01/1943	Joining the workforce	In this photograph, Mrs. Wright waves goodbye to her two sons Ralph and David before departing for her job in a munitions factory. (Photo credit: National Film Board of Canada. Photothque / Library and Archives Canada / PA-116140 ) Gallery created by CBCNews.ca
09/01/1943	Shopping with mom	Two young boys help their mother carry groceries home from the market. The photograph was taken in 1943 in Toronto. (National Film Board of Canada/Library and Archives Canada) Gallery created by CBCNews.ca
05/05/1946	At the doctor's office	A mother holds her smiling baby in this photograph taken circa 1946. (Library and Archives Canada) Gallery created by CBCNews.ca
01/05/1950	Heading home	A nurse hands a swaddled baby to a mother waiting in a dog sled in Lac La Ronge, Sask. The photograph was taken in 1950. (A.L. Kirkby/National Archives of Canada) Gallery created by CBCNews.ca
07/19/1972	Margaret Trudeau	Margaret Trudeau holds a young Justin Trudeau before departing for a summer holiday. Margaret and former prime minister Pierre Trudeau would have three more children together before divorcing in 1984. (Peter Bregg/Canadian Press) Gallery created by CBCNews.ca
05/31/2001	June Callwood	Journalist and activist
06/25/2003	Lynn Johnston	June 25, 2003 Cartoonist Lynn Johnston poses during her induction into Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto. The Ontario native is known around the world for her popular comic strip For Better or For Worse, in which she detailed the life of the Patterson family. Johnston has two children. (Aaron Harris/Canadian Press) Gallery created by CBCNews.ca
05/12/2004	Jane Jacobs	Writer and activist Jane Jacobs responds to questions in an interview in Toronto. Jacobs, who wrote The Death and Life of Great American Cities, moved to Toronto with her husband and three children in opposition to the Vietnam War. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press) Gallery created by CBCNews.ca
09/26/2008	Joyce Milgaard	For close to three decades, Joyce Milgaard fought for a review of her son David's conviction in the murder of Gail Miller in Saskatoon. David Milgaard was eventually cleared in the case and following a 2008 review, Joyce thanked the media for helping her. (Geoff Howe/Canadian Press) Gallery created by CBCNews.ca