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  Pamela Harris fonds
   


Pamela Harris’ portraits document Toronto women involved in the women's movement in the 1980s. Each portrait is accompanied by text written by the subject(s), expressing "who they are, what they do, and the ideology that binds their actions and their lives." Fonds 235.


   

An older women stands in a corner of a room, partly turned towards the wall. She has short straight grey hair, and is wearing a plaid short-sleeved shirt, a knee-length skirt, and espadrilles.
Kay MacPherson: Peace Activist, Voice of Women
1984
Pamela Harris
City of Toronto Archives
Fonds 235, Series 829, Item 8

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Eight women stand at the side of a bus. The bus is painted with pictures of women of different ethnic origins, and has the words for 'hello' written in several different languages, as well as the English words 'Take a ride with us.'
The Immigrant Women’s Centre
1984
Photographer: Pamela Harris
City of Toronto Archives
Fonds 235, Series 829, Item 18

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Ten women sit on the steps of a brick building.
Nellie’s Hostel, Toronto, Ontario
1984
Photographer: Pamela Harris
City of Toronto Archives
Fonds 235, Series 829, Item 2

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Three women pose wearing men's suits.
The Clichettes: Louise Garfield, Janice Hladki, Johanna Householder
1984
Photgorapher: Pamela Harris
City of Toronto Archives
Fonds 235, Series 829, Item 16

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