Abella, Irving 152

abortion 10, 14, 96, 97, 99, 105, 112, 113, 116– 120, 123, 155

activist community care 11, 13, 17

Anctil, Pierre 3, 19, 24, 28, 29, 31, 64, 70, 153

Anti-apartheid 96, 126, 127, 129

antisemitism 19, 27– 32, 34– 36, 51, 53, 57, 145

Anzaldúa, Gloria 12, 13, 148

Archival research 13, 14, 18, 149

Atomic bomb 109, 110

Baillargeon, Denyse 16

Beauport (Quebec) 2– 5, 25– 30, 33, 36, 38, 47, 51, 142, 145

Bénesty-Sroka, Ghisla 20, 21, 25, 28, 30, 31, 36, 37, 50, 54, 60, 101, 132, 152, 153

Berlin 7– 9, 42, 50, 51, 53– 55, 58– 60, 69, 108, 141, 157

Bissonnette, Sophie 8, 15– 19, 23, 27, 28, 38, 41, 42, 50, 54, 68, 84, 88– 91, 96, 113, 115, 135, 137, 158

Border crossing 12, 17, 47

community care 11, 13, 17

Canadian Communist Party 73

Casgrain, Thérèse 97, 99– 105, 154

Catholic Church 29, 48, 66, 76, 79, 80, 85, 157

communism 7, 57, 67, 70, 85, 153

Cutler, Sophia 76, 80

Dion, Gérard 170

Dressmaker Strike, The 83– 87

Duplessis, Maurice 15, 66, 84, 85, 90, 94, 103

Fascism 7, 64– 65, 151

Fink, Marty 13

Freedman, Ariela 169

Gailey Road Productions 13, 147, 153, 155

gay activism 147, 148

Gidlow, Elsa 43– 44

Goldstein, Edgar 135

Goldstein, Lea 135, 142

Goldstein, Rose Roback 39

Harris, Erin 30, 77

Hitler, Adolf 8, 53, 56– 60, 64, 87

Hiroshima 109– 111

hooks, bell 13, 132, 133

International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) 9, 11, 69, 74, 75, 77, 78, 85, 86, 89, 157

Jewish Voice of Peace 36, 37, 152

Kollwitz, Käthe 56, 153

Khalidi, Rashid 168

Khouri, Raja 167, 168

Klein, Naomi 19, 23, 31– 36, 121

Klein, Sherr Bonnie 121

Kristallnacht 59, 153

Lacelle, Nicole 14, 19, 33, 45– 50, 53, 55, 59, 62– 64, 71, 73, 74, 80– 82, 84, 87– 90, 92– 95, 104, 134, 135, 138, 155, 158

Lacouture, Lucien 40– 45

Leavitt, Melanie 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 18, 20, 59, 64, 76, 78, 80, 81, 85, 87, 90, 139, 140, 144

Leeder, Elizabeth 77– 79, 84, 86

Lerman, Antony 168

lesbian activism 147, 148

Des lumières dans la Grande Noirceur (A Vision in the Great Darkness) (film) 15– 17, 23, 24, 27, 28, 38, 41, 68, 82, 84, 96, 135, 153

Little Sister’s Book and Art Emporium 123

Lorde, Audre 10, 11, 13, 148

Malatino, Hil 13

Mandela, Nelson 126– 129

Mills, Rosewell 43, 44

Modern Book Shop, The 65– 69, 74

Montreal (Quebec) 2– 6, 9, 11, 14– 16, 18– 20, 30, 48, 62, 64, 78, 86, 147

Moraga, Cherrie 13, 148

Nasu, Masamoto 109– 111

Nishimura, Shiego 109– 111

None is Too Many (book) 152

optimism 138, 142

Owis, Bishop 13

Padlock Law 65, 67, 68, 85, 90

Paul, Eddie 33

Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshimi 13

Pesotta, Rose 77– 80, 82– 86, 89, 94, 135

pornography 106, 120– 123, 125

queer activism 13, 20, 125, 147, 148, 151

Racism 11, 31, 87, 88, 96, 125, 133, 145, 154

radiation 105, 106, 108– 112

Radio Corporation of America (RCA) 90

Rebick, Judy 171

Ricci, Amanda 171

Roback, Fanny 24, 30

Roback, Harry 59

Roback, Isaac 23, 24, 25

Roback, Léa 1, 15, 19, 23, 30, 42, 47, 53, 67, 75, 83, 86, 91, 99, 131, 135, 138– 141, 143, 150, 152, 157

Roback, Libby 23, 24, 25

Roback, Moishe 24, 25, 28

Robeson, Paul 140, 141, 145

Root, Maria 12

Rose, Fred 9, 25, 63– 65, 74

Roskies-Goldstein, Louise 135, 137, 139

Roy, Gabrielle 91, 154

Schwartz, Susan 26, 99, 116, 117, 137

Setterington, Ken 58, 60

socialism 32, 151

social democrats 32, 54

Steinhouse, Berel 25, 38, 39, 48

Steinhouse, Sarah 25, 38, 39

Suffs 149

Taub, Shaina 149

The Love Booth and Six Companion Plays (playscript and audio-play) 147, 148, 151

trans activism 13, 125, 147, 151

Troper, Harold 152

Unwanted pregnancies 14, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 133

Uprichard, Lucy 43, 44

Verbatim theatre 147

Weisbord, Merrily 19, 55, 56, 67, 68, 69, 71, 141

Weissman, Aerlyn 124

Westley, Margaret 5, 6

Wilkinson, Jeffrey 167, 168

Winnipeg General Strike 61

Woodsworth, Judith 3, 24, 64, 70, 153

zionism 32– 34