The quiet months of February and March were known as the matting season along the rugged coast of northern Newfoundland and Labrador.

Almost from the beginning of the rise of the frozen fish industry in the early 1940s, the government began to offer assistance.

The role of women in the Newfoundland and Labrador inshore fishery has expanded greatly since the 19th century.

The growth of land-based industries helped alter the traditional role of some women in Newfoundland and Labrador society.

Much of our knowledge of daily life in outport Newfoundland in the late 18th and early 19th century comes from the pens of visitors. They were typically missionaries, explorers, naturalists, and geologists whose work brought them to outlying communities not often visited by outsiders or even the local government.

The women's movement strives to end discrimination and violence against women through legal, political, and social change.

The challenging role of women in politics from 1925, when women earned the right to vote and run for political office, to present day.

About the women's suffrage movement in Newfoundland and Labrador.