Saturday's Child : Memoirs of Canada's First Female Cabinet Minister /

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"Ellen Fairclough is perhaps best known as the first woman in Canada to become a federal cabinet minister." "Writing with the style and wit for which she was famous as a politician, Ellen Fairclough, now ninety, tells her story. Her reminiscences describe her early life, her efforts t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fairclough, Ellen Louks
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1995.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Fairclough, Ellen Louks.
Fairclough, Ellen Louks, > 1905-
Women cabinet officers.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Femmes ministres > Canada > Biographies.
Femmes hauts fonctionnaires > Canada > Biographies.
Ministres > Canada > Biographies.
Cabinet ministers > Canada > Biography.
Women government executives > Canada > Biography.
Cabinet officers > Canada > Biography.
Women cabinet officers > Canada > Biography.
Canada.
Biographies.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Prologue: The Fateful Day; Part One: Coming of Age in Hamilton, 1905-1931; 1 School Days and Sundays; 2 Girl of the New Day; Part Two: A Woman to Be Reckoned With, 1931-1950; 3 Double Days: Family and Career; 4 Days and Nights in Civic Politics; Part Three: The Ottawa Years, 1950-1963; 5 Salad Days: The Opposition Years; 6 Endless Days: The Cabinet Years; 7 Dark Days: The Bitter End; Part Four: Life after Politics, 1963-1995; 8 Busy Days: Back to Business; 9 Memories of a Saturday's Child; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N.
  • OP; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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