Women
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From ![]() NEW! A Fine and Baffling InterplayFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Fifteen explores more of Louise’s challenges later in life. This chapter discusses the move away from amateur ornithology and its professionalization, her continuation of publishing … | Merilyn Simonds | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
From ![]() NEW! A Limitless Capacity to ReboundFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Twelve explores the hardships faced by Louise in her later life and how these affected both her work and her own strength. The chapter discusses the decline in the bird populations … | Merilyn Simonds | 22 | 2022 | $2.20 Add |
From ![]() A Political Economy of "Women’s Work"Producing Patriarchal Capitalism From: Women and Work |
This chapter examines social reproduction feminism in the 1970s and 1980s, arguing that by the end of the 1980s it had run its course. | Susan Ferguson | 26 | 2020 | $2.60 Add |
From ![]() NEW! A Strong Wall around MeFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Nine looks at the remaking of Louise and Len’s life and relationship after the war. The chapter discusses the 1946 publication of The Loghouse Nest, Len finding work, and … | Merilyn Simonds | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
From ![]() AcknowledgementsFrom: Women and Work |
Author’s acknowledgements. | Susan Ferguson | 2 | 2020 | $0.20 Add |
From ![]() AfterwordFrom: Women and Work |
A short examination of where the author’s three feminist theories of labour are today. | Susan Ferguson | 2 | 2020 | $0.20 Add |
From ![]() Anti-Racist Feminism and Women’s WorkFrom: Women and Work |
An exploration of anti-racist feminists, this chapter highlights the belief that fighting capitalism is akin to fighting racism and sexism. | Susan Ferguson | 14 | 2020 | $1.40 Add |
From ![]() NEW! As Long as It LastsFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Seventeen tells the story of Louise and Len’s final years. The chapter discusses Louise’s accomplishments into her 90’s, Len’s decline, their move from the woods … | Merilyn Simonds | 25 | 2022 | $2.50 Add |
![]() Asleep in the DeepNursing Sister Anna Stamers and the First World War |
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 HeartsNew Brunswick's War Brides |
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 ![]() Chapter FiveThe Darker Side From: Captured Hearts |
Chapter Five explores the darker side of the war bride experience, as many of these women and their children experienced less than ideal lives after their arrival in New Brunswick. Focusing on … | Melynda Jarratt | 14 | 2008 | $1.40 Add |
From ![]() Chapter FourContinental War Brides From: Captured Hearts |
Chapter Four examines the experience of the war bride who came from the continent. Unlike their British counterparts, these brides from France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands had … | Melynda Jarratt | 20 | 2008 | $2.00 Add |
From ![]() Chapter OneBritish War Brides From: Captured Hearts |
Chapter One explores the experiences of New Brunswick servicemen while overseas in Great Britain as well as the experiences of civilian women across Great Britain throughout the Second World War. … | Melynda Jarratt | 16 | 2008 | $1.60 Add |
From ![]() Chapter ThreeSettling In From: Captured Hearts |
Chapter Three focuses on how these women and their husbands settled back into civilian life in New Brunswick after the war. It focuses on the hardships, isolation, cultural and religious … | Melynda Jarratt | 20 | 2008 | $2.00 Add |
From ![]() Chapter TwoMarriage and Travel to Canada From: Captured Hearts |
Chapter Two explore what life was like for these women after marriage and how they travelled to their new homes across the Atlantic. This chapter highlights the formal approval process from the … | Melynda Jarratt | 22 | 2008 | $2.20 Add |
From ![]() Conclusion |
In the Conclusion, the authors reflect on the legacy of Mother Joseph and Louise Bethune work more than 100 years after their deaths. The chapter explores how these women were able to storm the … | Carla Blank; Tania Martin | 9 | 2014 | $0.90 Add |