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dc.contributor.authorGoul, Jen
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-27T15:46:44Z
dc.date.available2010-10-27T15:46:44Z
dc.date.issued2010-10-27
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/3090
dc.descriptionMargaret was an only child who grew up on a farm just east of Cayuga, Ontario. After high school, Margaret attended Hamilton Teacher’s College and took a position with Grantham Public School Board and taught at Power Glen school. Margaret was married in 1962 and had 2 children, a daughter and a son in 1963 and 1964, respectively. Margaret left her teaching job to raise her children. Margaret was very creative and artistic and during this time, focused on these talents, which included painting, graphic arts and sewing. Margaret was also an accomplished pianist. In her 40’s, Margaret enrolled at Brock University and in 1989 obtained a Honors Bachelor of Arts degree with First-Class Honors in Sociology. In partial fulfillment of her Honors B.A. she completed her thesis that is entitled ; The State and Liberal Feminism: The Ontario Government’s “Business Ownership For Women Program”. While living in St. Catharines, Margaret attended York University and graduated with a Master of Arts in Sociology in 1992 where her studies focused on women’s issues. Margaret received a scholarship from York University and was a teaching assistant. Margaret stayed on at York University and completed her academic requirements for a Doctorate degree in Sociology. Her dissertation was on self employed women in St. Catharines at the beginning of WWII -- not the” Rosie the Riveters” who took over jobs formerly held by men who had to go off to fight World War II, but women who ran their own businesses when that was still unusual. Margaret completed the research for her thesis but did not complete her written thesis as she made a difficult decision to put her academic work on hold in the mid-1990’s and she returned to her love for the arts, although she always remained a voracious reader and interested in women’s issues. In the last decade of her life, she took up quilting with a passion, which she referred to as fabric arts. Margaret loved colour and being non-traditional. Margaret had been a quilting instructor at the Flemington College for Fine Arts in Haliburton. In 1997, Margaret founded Project Smile in the St. Catharines region, a non-profit group who make quilts for children with cancer. Margaret was also the President of the Niagara Heritage Quilters’ Guild in 2006-2007 and was very involved with the Local Council of Women.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis archive contains materials relating to the studies and dissertation of Margaret Glassford. Contained within the fonds are class notes, essays, research notes and information, as well as several thesis drafts. The bulk of the material contains research for Glassford’s dissertation.en_US
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dc.relation.ispartofseries;RG 173
dc.subjectGlassford, Margareten_US
dc.subjectWomen -- Ontario -- St. Catharinesen_US
dc.subjectWomen scholars -- Canadaen_US
dc.subjectWomen -- Research -- Canadaen_US
dc.subjectWomen -- Employment -- Ontario -- St. Catharines -- Historyen_US
dc.titleMargaret Glassford fonds, 1941, 1951, 1961, 1971, 1973-1975, 1977-1984, 1986-2000, 2002, 2005, n.d.en_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
refterms.dateFOA2021-07-30T02:03:25Z


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