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An image of the interior ofInvectives contre la secte de vauderieby Johannes Tinctor, housed at Bruce Peel Special Collections (BF 1565 T587 1465)

Photograph of University of Alberta student, Edith McKinnon, Home Economics.

A group portrait of the Edmonton Women's Press Club. Miriam Green Ellis is at the far right.

The domestic science movement, which arose in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and encouraged women to apply scientific knowledge to their household work, is exemplified by this American textbook. This edition was used at the…

I enjoy adding these sorts of books to the social history portion of my collection. Many nineteenth-century children’s stories feature fish (or children who transform into fish) that stray from the safety of their homes and parents. Some children,…