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Women Against the Budget

Two photos from the newspaper show a costumed woman speaking at a microphone and holding a soup ladle, plus women applauding after laying funeral wreaths on Minister Grace McCarthy’s doorstep.

Vancouver Status of Women, KINESIS, September ’83. Hanne Jensen Solidarity Collection, BC Labour Heritage Centre

Vancouver Status of Women said that the anti-budget fightback was the largest undertaking by BC’s women “since the struggle for the vote”.  Many of the women had never been involved in political activity before.