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Compelled to act : histories of women's activism in western Canada /

"Compelled to Act showcases fresh historical perspectives on the diversity of women's contributions to social and political change in prairie Canada in the twentieth century, including but looking beyond the era of suffrage activism. In our current time of revitalized activism against raci...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Carter, Sarah, 1954- (Editor ), Langford, Nanci L., 1954- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada : University of Manitoba Press, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. At Home and Abroad: Canadian Suffrage at the Crossroads of International Suffrage Movements / Joan Sangster
  • 2. Violet McNaughton's Influence on the Western Producer / Georgina M. Taylor
  • 3. "In the Forefront of the Affair": Women and the Crowsnest Pass Strike of 1912 / Laurel Halladay
  • 4. Mindel Cherniak Sheps and the Politics of Socialized Medicine in 1940s Saskatchewan / Esyllt Wynne Jones
  • 5. "Ann Nisei" and "Sue Sada": Negotiating Race, Gender, and Family in the Nikkei Press of North America / Stephanie Bangarth
  • 6. Labour Progressive? Political Opportunist? Betrayer?: Contradictions in the Life of Postware Alberta Unionist Ethel Wilson / Cynthia Loch-Drake
  • 7. Peace Activists and Public Health in Alberta: The Voice of Women against Chemical Weapons / Susan L. Smith
  • 8. Activists in the "Bible Belt": Conservatism, Religion, and Recognizing Reproductive Rights in 1970s Southern Alberta / Erika Dyck and Karissa Patton
  • 9. From Kitchen Tables to Formal Organization: Indigenous Women's Social and Political Activism in Saskatchewan to 1980 / Allyson Stevenson and Cheryl Troupe
  • 10. Reproductive Self-Determination and the Persistence of "Family Values" in Alberta from the 1960s to the 1990s / Carol Williams.