Women

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Asleep in the Deep Nursing Sister Anna Stamers and the First World War Goose Lane Editions	On 27 June 1918, the Llandovery Castle, a Canadian hospital ship returning to England, was sunk by a German U-boat in contravention of international law. Two hundred and thirty-four crew members …	Dianne Kelly	223	2021	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
From Suffragette to Homesteader Exploring British and Canadian Colonial Histories and Women's Politics Through Memoir Fernwood Publishing	From Suffragette to Homesteader opens a unique window into the past. Central to this book is a powerful memoir written in 1952 by Ethel Marie Sentance as an anniversary present for her husband, …	Emily van der Meulen	203		View
Immodest and Sensational 150 Years of Canadian Women in Sports James Lorimer and Company	With the Canadian women’s Olympic hockey team and other high-profile female athletes in recent years drawing a healthy share of the sports media limelight, there is a perception that …	M. Ann Hall	96	2008	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
Through the Mill Girls and Women in the Quebec Cotton Textile Industry, 1881-1951 Baraka Books	Girls and women were essential to industrialization in Canada, particularly in the cotton textile industry, which was concentrated in Quebec. In 1891, for example, more than 2000 girls and women …	Gail Cuthbert Brandt	324	2018	View
NEW! Woman, Watching Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay ECW Press	Referred to as a Canadian Rachel Carson, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence lived and worked in an isolated log cabin near North Bay. After her husband was murdered by Bolsheviks, she refused her …	Merilyn Simonds	416	2022	View
Women and Work Feminism, Labour, and Social Reproduction Between The Lines	With #MeToo dominating headlines and an unprecedented number of women running for office, the fight for women’s equality has perhaps never been higher on the political agenda. Around …	Susan Ferguson	192	2020	View
From “Just a Simple Story, Simply Told” From: From Suffragette to Homesteader View Fernwood Publishing	A Memoir in Context	Emily van der Meulen	10		$1.00 Add
From Acknowledgements From: Women and Work View Between The Lines	Author’s acknowledgements.	Susan Ferguson	2	2020	$0.20 Add
From Introduction From: Immodest and Sensational View James Lorimer and Company	1860s-1870s. Outlines early physical activities and sports that women engaged in in Canada, outlines availability to European women and what Indigenous women participated in as part of their …	M. Ann Hall	7	2008	$0.70 Add
From Introduction From: Asleep in the Deep View Goose Lane Editions	The introduction summarizes the events surrounding the German sinking of the Canadian Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle in World War I. Following the war, the actions of the U-boat commander and …	Dianne Kelly	5	2021	$0.50 Add
From Introduction They Found Love in War From: Captured Hearts View Goose Lane Editions	The introduction expands on the phenomenon of Canadian War Brides, provides an overview of the term "war brides" in Canada and its history, offers statistics on the phenomenon, and …	Melynda Jarratt	16	2008	$1.60 Add
From Introduction From: Through the Mill View Baraka Books		Gail Cuthbert Brandt	7	2018	$0.70 Add
From Introduction From: Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel View Baraka Books	The introduction provides a brief history of architecture in the United States and Canada, the evolution of the laws, regulations, and standards that shaped modern architecture. It then provides …	Carla Blank; Tania Martin	22	2014	$2.20 Add
From NEW! The Golden Bird From: Woman, Watching View ECW Press	Chapter One provides a brief introduction to Louise de Kiriline Lawrence, the self-trained amateur ornithologist and field nurse who is the subject of this book. The chapter discusses topics …	Merilyn Simonds	6	2022	$0.60 Add