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Women sew a quilt at the Quilting Bee Demonstration at the Canadian National Exhibition circa 1940. (Canadian National Exhibition Archives)

Quilts from the Second World War tell the stories of the Canadian women who sewed them

Canadian women made an estimated 400,000 quilts during the Second World War. The quilts represent the forgotten story of Canadian women’s efforts during the war.

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