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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 <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/" target="_blank">CBCNews.ca</a> -
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 <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/" target="_blank">CBCNews.ca</a> -
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 <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/" target="_blank">CBCNews.ca</a> -
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 <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/" target="_blank">CBCNews.ca</a> -
Olivia Dionne
A photograph of Olivia Dionne and her five daughters Annette, Cecile, Yvonne, Marie and Emilie. The sisters later became known as the <a href="http://archives.cbc.ca/society/celebrations/clips/983/" target="_blank">Dionne quintuplets</a>. (Library and Archives Canada, PA-133260) Gallery created by <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/" target="_blank">CBCNews.ca</a> -
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 <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/" target="_blank">CBCNews.ca</a> -
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 <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/" target="_blank">CBCNews.ca</a> -
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 <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/" target="_blank">CBCNews.ca</a> -
At the doctor's office
A mother holds her smiling baby in this photograph taken circa 1946. (Library and Archives Canada) Gallery created by <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/" target="_blank">CBCNews.ca</a> -
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 <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/" target="_blank">CBCNews.ca</a> -
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 <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/" target="_blank">CBCNews.ca</a> -
June Callwood
Journalist and activist June Callwood smiles after being invested into the Order of Canada. Callwood had four children with her husband Trent Frayne, Jill, Brant, Jesse and Casey, who died in a car accident in 1987. Callwood later created Canada's first freestanding HIV/AIDS hospice, Casey House, in honour of her late son.
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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 <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/" target="_blank">CBCNews.ca</a> -
Jane Jacobs
Writer and activist <a href="http://archives.cbc.ca/society/education/clips/6895/" target="_blank">Jane Jacobs</a> responds to questions in an interview in Toronto. Jacobs, who wrote <em>The Death and Life of Great American Cities</em>, moved to Toronto with her husband and three children in opposition to the Vietnam War.
(Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press) Gallery created by <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/" target="_blank">CBCNews.ca</a> -
Joyce Milgaard
For close to three decades, <a href="http://archives.cbc.ca/society/crime_justice/topics/713/" target="_blank">Joyce Milgaard</a> 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 <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/" target="_blank">CBCNews.ca</a>
