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“We’re In This Too!”

Black and white photograph of ten women seated around a large round wooden table. A girl sits on a cushion in front of the table holding a sheet of paper.

Title: Kirkland Lake Mine and Mill Workers Union – Ladies Auxiliary #77, ca. 1941

Photographer: Unknown

Museum of Northern History Collection

The Kirkland Lake Mine and Mill Workers Union also had a Ladies Auxiliary made up of many miners’ wives, sisters, and mothers.

The Auxiliary helped to organize and distribute support for miners and their families alongside the Union during the 1941-42 Miners Strike in Kirkland Lake.

Left to right: (1-3 are unknown) Dorothy McDonald, Ann Kozloff, Kay Carlen, Myrtle McLeod, (8-10 and little girl are unknown)