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Many Women, Many Voices; Stories from Collections

Published: 19 November 2018

ROAAr launched anew book,Many Women, Many Voices; Stories from Collectionswith a fanfare, a celebration, and a successful sale by Le James Bookstore on November 8th.

Curators, activists, hockey players, students, medical illustrators, secretaries, portrait artists, and sculptors,Many Women, Many Voices celebrates the voices of women in all of those roles and many more. Shining a light on the stories of the women who have shaped and Montreal, it offers illustrated vignettes from the ROAAr collections – Rare Books and Special Collections, the Osler Library of the History of Medicine, the Visual Arts Collections, and the Archives.

ROAArhas spent the past year crafting this volume of illustrated vignettes. With the help of talented book designerGeorge Vaitkunas and a wide range of contributors including students, doctors, professors, historians, and librarians, the book celebrates women,shining a light on those who helped to shape and Montreal into what they are today. This volume is an invitation to discover the stories waiting in our special collections.

Many Women, Many Voices is now available for sale on sitein the McLennan Library Building, 4th floor, Rare Books and Special Collections. It is also for sale in-store and online at 's .

Book Details:

Edited by Nathalie Cooke, Frédéric Giuliano, Christopher Lyons, Gwendolyn Owens, Jacquelyn Sundberg and Mary Yearl

ISBN 978-1-77096-224-8 (softcover) $25.95 CDN
8 x 10.5 104 pp.
Colour photographs

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