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Twenty Two
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Twenty Two

From: Holden After & Before

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Twin Selves

Twin Selves

From: The M Word

Julie Booker reflects on her life and journey to motherhood. Topics discussed include career, marriage, childlessness, grief, multiples, and motherhood after forty. 9 $0.90 Add
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Two
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Two

From: Holden After & Before

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Two Hearts

Two Hearts

Part 5: Surfacing

From: This is My Real Name

Chapter 14 explores Brunet’s return to the Maritimes to see her family. Topics discussed include her marriage to Luke, healing from trauma, and leaving sex work behind. 7 $0.70 Add
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Two Lines

Two Lines

From: Hope Is a Woman's Name

In this chapter, Alh’jooj traces the constrained lives of Palestinian Bedouin women in a village shaped by the Nakba of 1948 and the Six-Day War of 1967. 6 $0.60 Add
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Two: Sailing the South Pacific

Two: Sailing the South Pacific

From: The Imperilled Ocean

In readings from this book Journalist Lauren Trethewey explores stories about the many ways in which people around the world interact with the ocean. In this chapter Trethewey interviews Fiona … 24 $2.40 Add
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Untrammelled Landscapes
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Untrammelled Landscapes

From: Woman, Watching

Chapter Four focuses on Louise’s move to Canada. The chapter explores Louise’s joining of the Canadian Red Cross Outpost Service, her settling in Bonfield, Northern Ontario, her … 27 $2.70 Add
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Unwed, Not Dead

Unwed, Not Dead

From: The M Word

Myrl Coulter reflects on her youth in 1967 Winnipeg, teen pregnancy, unmarried mothers, adoption, boarding homes for unwed mothers, music, the Canadian Criminal Code, and more. 17 $1.70 Add
Up the Coast
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Up the Coast

One Family's Wild Life in the Forests of British Columbia

Kathryn Willcock and her sisters grew up in logging camps on the coast of B.C. in the 1960s when children were set loose to play in the wilderness, women kept rifles next to the wood stove, and … 224 View
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Vision
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Vision

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

The chapter reflects on Margie’s recounting of the 1964 Caribou Carnival and the Caribou Queen, learning what stretching formula meant, her relationships with her mother, a baby in a parka, … 7 $0.70 Add
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Visions of Woodpeckers
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Visions of Woodpeckers

From: Woman, Watching

Chapter Thirteen focuses on Louise’s work with woodpeckers. 24 $2.40 Add
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Volunteers
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Volunteers

Part 3. Beginning Your Campaign

From: Women Winning Office

In Volunteers Nash explores why people volunteer and the role they play in elections. The chapter explores the motives for volunteering, where to find volunteers, who can be a volunteer, … 9 $0.90 Add
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We're Not Taking Care of Our Mothers

We’re Not Taking Care of Our Mothers

From: Rock Paper Sex, Volume II

This chapter focuses on a woman whose husband has frequented sex workers. She believes that far from being "bored at home," men turn to sex workers because their wives are exhausted … 8 $0.80 Add
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What Can’t Be Packed Away

What Can’t Be Packed Away

From: The M Word

Marita Dachsel reflects on moving, death, SIDS, superstition, names, nostalgia, child safety and freedom. 9 $0.90 Add
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What could possibly go wrong?

What could possibly go wrong?

PART 2: LEADING WITH NERVE

From: Nerve

This chapter talks about conflict, hardships, and challenges that may arise during a leaders career and how to handle these situations successfully as women leaders. ; 18 $1.80 Add
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When Change is Your Only Option
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When Change is Your Only Option

Part 2. You are Formidable: Your Superpower

From: Women Winning Office

In When Change is Your Only Option Nash provides a brief history of her own life and how she first became involved in activism and labour politics. Nash describes her time working with the … 8 $0.80 Add