March 8 Toronto The Lesbian Mothers' […]
When
1978-03-08
Description
March 8 Toronto The Lesbian Mothers' Defence Fund (LMDF) was officially launched by WDL and was coordinated by Francie Wyland. The fund was intended as a permanent resource for women who needed information and funds to contest child custody cases in court.
All Places
TorontoAll People
Francie WylandAll Organizations
Wages Due LesbiansLesbian Mothers' Defense FundAll Citations
Wages Due Lesbians, "Lesbian Mothers' Defence Fund," Wages for Housework Campaign Bulletin (Toronto), 3, no. 1 (Summer–Fall 1978), p. 2.Untitled notice, Lesbian Organization of Toronto (LOOT) Newsletter, March 1978, p. 2Peggy, "The LMDF Is Three Years Old!: An Interview with Francie Wyland," Grapevine: The Newsletter of the Lesbian Mothers' Defence Fund, Spring 1981, pp. 1–2"Lesbian Mothers' Defence Fund Set Up," Body Politic, no. 41 (1978), p. 12" Lesbian Mothers' Defence Fund " vertical file , Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto"Gay Mothers' Fund Helps in Trouble," Ottawa Journal, 31 May 1979, p. 37Margaret Fulford, ed., The Canadian Women's Movement, 1960–1990: A Guide to Archival Resources/Le mouvement canadien des femmes, 1960–1990: guide de ressources archivistiques (Toronto: Canadian Women's Movement Archives/ECW Press, 1992), entry 422
