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Title	The Distaff (1916)
Editor	Lemessurier, Mabel W.
Publisher	The Royal Gazette
Place of Publication	St. John's
Date	1916
Description	A publication of the Women's Patriotic Association (WPA) during the First World War, The Distaff's goal was "obtaining funds to help the Red Cross branch of the Women's Patriotic Association. We are truly a woman's paper, devoting our space to an account of the work done in various spheres by energetic wives and daughters in Newfoundland." (1916, p. 1) The success of the first issue in 1916 prompted a second one in 1917, and these are the only known issues.
Subject	Women--Newfoundland and Labrador--History World War, 1914-1918--Women--Newfoundland and Labrador
Contributors	Patriotic Association of the Women of Newfoundland
Physical Description	20 p. : ill.
Note	Includes advertisements. The title-word "distaff" refers to part of a spinning wheel, and is meant to symbolize the "women's sphere" or homefront (1916, title page). -- Indexed in: Newfoundland Periodical Article Bibliography.
Location	Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador
Time Period	20th Century; World War, 1914-1918
Local Call Number	D 639 W7 D59 1916
Type	Text
Resource Type	Periodical
Format	Image/jpeg; Application/pdf
Record Number	CNS-P0020
Language	Eng
Collection	Centre for Newfoundland Studies - Periodicals
Repository	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Centre for Newfoundland Studies
Source	Print text held in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies.
PDF File	(5.68 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/cns/Distaff1916.pdf
CONTENTdm file name	2849.cpd