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Women Working Worldwide was a one day conference on the international division of labour in the clothing, textiles and electronics industries. This report provides details of the conference proceedings.

6 photocopied pages from a book called The Story of Flameworker's Glass. The pages contain information on shaping glass.

A leaflet from the Gainsborough Silk Weaving Company.

2 copies of "Why are lesbians invisible in Women's Studies?", an article by Sue Sanders. It discusses various societal structures and how they influence "lesbian invisibility".

An extract from "A French Man in England", written in 1784 by Francois De La Rochefoucauld.

A photocopied page on "The Conquest of Weaving".

A copy of "Testimony of a Mill Worker (1832)" by Elizabeth Bentley. The testimony is representative of the evidence gathered to support the passage of the Factory Act of 1833, which sought to improve conditions for children working in factories.

A copy of a Film Project Summary from the Educational TV and Film Center. The Center was seeking funds towards completing a 60 minute documentary film about the historical, psychological and socio-economic impact of twin plant production on working women and their families in the U.S and in the free trade zones of developing countries.

An article on the history of the silk industry in Sudbury and District.

This file contains a collection of 25 of Barbara's notepads in which she records thoughts and notes for both her fiction and non-fiction pieces, on different subjects, themes and characters.