Women

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
A Sense of Themselves Elizabeth Murray's Leadership in School and Community Fernwood Publishing	This vivid portrayal of the late Elizabeth (Betty) Murray recreates the life and times of one of Nova Scotia’s finest educators and community leaders, a does at the grassroots. It examines …	Carol E. Harris	192	1998	View
NEW! Alexa! Changing the Face of Canadian Politics Goose Lane Editions	Alexa McDonough’s impact on Canadian politics cannot be measured solely by election victories or seat tallies. As the first female leader of a mainstream Canadian political party, she …	Stephen Kimber	288	2021	View
Beverley McLachlin The Legacy of a Supreme Court Chief Justice James Lorimer and Company	As a judge, Beverley McLachlin has had an unequalled impact on Canadian life. She stands out for her unique ability to stand up for the values and beliefs that reflect the best of Canada and …	Ian Greene; Peter McCormick	232	2019	View
Captured Hearts New Brunswick's War Brides Goose Lane Editions	Imagine you’re a young woman caught up in the ugly reality of war. You meet and fall in love with a young soldier from a foreign country. You marry and your world is upended: when the war …	Melynda Jarratt	148	2008	View
Going Public A Survivor's Journey From Grief to Action Between The Lines	It took Julie Macfarlane a lifetime to say the words out loud—the words that finally broke the calm and traveled farther than she could have imagined. In this clear-eyed account, she …	Julie Macfarlane	228	2020	View
NEW! Holden After & Before Love Letter for a Son Lost to Overdose Arsenal Pulp Press	With poignant honesty and a heart laid bare, Holden After and Before is a beautiful and moving elegy to a son lost to overdose. Holden After and Before is a moving meditation on grief in the same …	Tara McGuire	356	2022	View
Nerve Lessons on Leadership from Two Women Who Went First ECW Press	Candid and insightful perspectives on the dilemmas and opportunities women confront as they take on leadership positions. Martha Piper and Indira Samarasekera had vastly different career paths on …	Indira Samarasekera; Martha Piper	320	2021	View
No One to Tell Breaking My Silence on Life in the RCMP Breakwater Books	In 2012, Janet Merlo was among the first female RCMP officers to publicly allege she had experienced sexual harassment and gender discrimination while serving in Canada’s national police …	Janet Merlo	232	2013	View
Northern Wildflower A Memoir Fernwood Publishing	Northern Wildflower is the beautifully written and powerful memoir of Catherine Lafferty. With startling honesty and a distinct voice, Lafferty tells her story of being a Dene woman growing up in …	Catherine Lafferty	155	2018	View
Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel Two Pioneer Women Architects of Nineteenth Century North America Baraka Books	“Women” and “architecture” were once mutually exclusive terms. In an 1891 address, Louise Blanchard Bethune declared, “it is hardly safe to assert” that a …	Carla Blank; Tania Martin	234	2014	View
The M Word Conversations about Motherhood Goose Lane Editions	A Dropped Threads-style anthology, assembling original and inspiring works by some of Canada’s best younger female writers — such as Heather Birrell, Saleema Nawaz, Susan Olding, …	Kerry Clare	320	2014	View
The Point is To Change the World Selected Writings of Andaiye Between The Lines	Radical activist, thinker, and comrade of Walter Rodney, Andaiye was one of the Caribbean’s most important political voices. For the first time, her writings are published in one collection. …	Alissa Trotz; Andaiye	320	2020	View
The Teen Sex Trade My Story Formac Publishing	Jade Brooks grew up like any other kid — she played with friends, lovingly teased and was teased by her siblings, and excelled at school. It wasn’t until she was removed from her …	Jade M. Brooks	200	2017	View
The Wheel of Things A Biography of Lucy Maud Montgomery Formac Publishing	Lucy Maud Montgomery is Canada’s best-known writer of children’s fiction. Anne of Green Gables — in print, film, television or on stage — captures people’s imaginations as easily now as it did …	Mollie Gillen		2015	View
This is My Real Name A Stripper's Memoir Arsenal Pulp Press	The frank and bracing memoir of a woman who spent ten years as a stripper. This Is My Real Name is the memoir of Cid V Brunet, who spent ten years working as a dancer at strip clubs, using the …	Cid V Brunet	289	2021	View
NEW! Tracking the Caribou Queen Memoir of a Settler Girlhood NeWest Press	In this challenging memoir about her formative years in Yellowknife in the ’60s and ’70s, author Margaret Macpherson lays bare her own white privilege, her multitude of unexamined …	Margaret Macpherson	296	2022	View