In Good Hands: The Women of the Canadian Handicrafts Guild 9780773574175
In 1905 two Montreal women, Alice Peck and May Phillips, founded the Canadian Handicrafts Guild. Inspired by British and
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English Pages 296 [376] Year 1999
Table of contents :
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
I: Remarkable Women
II: Arts and Crafts Movements and Women in Britain, the U.S. and Canada
III: Attempts to Promote Crafts in Canada: 1880-1902
IV: Montreal Stakes its Claim for Handicrafts
V: Breakaway: 1904-1907
VI: The Canadian Handicrafts Guild: Establishing a Reputation
VII: National and International Exposure
VIII: Embracing the "Other"
IX: The Guild's Multicultural Mosaic
X: The Saga of the Guild's Book on Crafts
XI: Crafts Come Into Their Own: 1920s to 1940s
XII: The Legacy
Conclusion: Something Worthwhile
Appendix A: The Constitution and By-Laws of the Canadian Handicrafts Guild
Appendix B: Presidents of the Canadian Handicrafts Guild: National Guild and Quebec Branch
Bibliography
Index
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