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Organizing rural women : the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario, 1897-1919 /

"In Organizing Rural Women Margaret Kechnie looks at the history of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario, popularly known as the Women's Institutes (WI), from the time the first branch was formed at Stoney Creek in 1897 until federation in 1919. Kechnie challenges the popular m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kechnie, Margaret
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Shun Not the Struggle ... It Is God's Plan!: The Historical Context of the Emergence of the Women's Institutes
  • 2 The Thing Most Needed Was Created: The Growth of the Women's Institutes before Federation
  • 3 There Is No Class Distinction in Our Ranks: Reflecting on the Leadership of the Women's Institutes
  • 4 Lucky If She Be Allowed to Keep the Egg Money: The Relationship of Farm Women to the Women's Institutes
  • 5 We Have Tactfully Kept from Being Meddlesome: Education as an Unresponsive Reform Tool
  • 6 We Have Gone a Long Way from the Principles of Cooking: Embracing Community Outreach For Home and Country7 The Little Acorn Has Become a Great Oak: The Founding of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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  • I
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